Stelis longipetiolata Ames, Schedul. Orch. 1: 6–7. 1922.
TYPE: Panama. Chiriqui, humid forest between Alto de las Palmas and top of Cerro de la Horqueta, alt 2100-2268 m, 18 Mar 1911, W.R. Maxon 5460 (holotype, US).