Dracula cordobae Luer

Dracula cordobae Luer, Selbyana 5: 146 (-147) (1979).

Dracula cordobae Luer, Photo by Asociación Salvadoreña de Orquideología ASO

Dracula cordobae Luer, Photo by Braulio Feroz

Family:

Orchidaceae.

Synonym:

No synonyms are recorded for this name.

Vietnamese name:

Lan mặt khỉ

English Name:

Cordoba's Dracula (Sr. Clever Córdova Ecuadorian discobverer of species current).

Description: 

A very short ramicaul enveloped basally by 2 to 3 acuminate tubular sheaths and a carrying a single, apical, narrowly obovate, conduplicate below into the petiolate base leaf that blooms on a lateral, from the base of the ramicaul, successively single flowered inflorescence holding the nodding flower below the plant.

Distribution:

Ecuador.

Ecological:

In extremely wet, montane cloud forests at altitudes of 700 to 1150 m.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the spring.

Flower size:

11 cm.

Cultivation:

Climate: Intermediate

Air Circulation: Medium

Light: Medium

Humidity: Medium

Fertilizer: Monthly

Type:

holotype SEL

Ref:

orchidspecies.com

ipni.org

powo.science.kew.org 

orchidsnewguinea.com

ecuagenera.com