This is NOT Stelis maxima Lindl., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 15: 106 (1845). If we look in our archives we have made two determinations and the plants do not match waht it is submitted. A fast review of the files at WCSPF yields this additional entry for Stelis maxima Stelis maxima (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, Lindleyana 16: 264 (2001), nom. illeg. This name is a synonym. ________________________________________ Accepted Name: Stelis dapsilis Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, Lindleyana 17: 99 (2002). This is the synonym list: Stelis dapsilis Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, Lindleyana 17: 99 (2002). ________________________________________ Homotypic Synonyms: * Pleurothallis maxima Luer, Selbyana 3: 140 (1976). Stelis maxima (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, Lindleyana 16: 264 (2001), nom. illeg. Crocodeilanthe maxima (Luer) Luer, Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 95: 256 (2004). I included the drawing for "Pleurothallis maxima Luer,' that appears in SOF. Also this link in IOSPE : http://www.orchidspecies.com/pleurmaxima.htm