Dracula erythrocodon

 Dracula erythrocodon (Luer & Dalström) O.Gruss & M.Wolff, Orchid. Atlas 129 (2007).

Dracula erythrocodon (Luer & Dalström) O.Gruss & M.Wolff, Photo by Mi Bo

its native range is Ecuador.

Latinh Name: 

Dracula erythrocodon (Luer & Dalström) O.Gruss & M.Wolff 

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Dracula sodiroi subsp. erythrocodon Luer & Dalström.

Vietnamese name:

Hàm lân Hải nam.

English Name:

The Hainan Gastrochilus.

Chinese name:

Hai Nan Pen Ju Lan - 海南盆距兰 

Description: 

With slender, erect, ramicauls enveolped by 2 to 3 tubular sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, coriaceous, carinate, very narrowly obovate, acute, gradually narrowing below into the indistinct subpetiolate base leaf that blooms in the later summer on a slender, erect, sparsely bracted, 12 to 15 cm long, single [occasionally followed by a second] flowered inflorescence arising from low on the ramicaul with tubular oblique floral bracts and carrying the externally red, campanulate flower.

Distribution:

Ecuador.

Ecological:

In forests on steep ridges at elevations of 2000 to 2500 m as a small sized, cold growing epiphyte.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the later summer.

Flower size:

2.5 cm.

Cultivation:

Climate: 

Cool

Air Circulation: 

Medium

Light: Low

Shade; 500-1500 Footcandles (indirect low light,slight shadowing)

Humidity: 

High

Fertilizer: 

Monthly 

Temperature:

Intermediate to Cool; 52°F min. to 80°F max.

Watering:

Daily Watering;1 or more waterings per day (should not dry out)

Type: