Dracula felix (Luer) Luer

Dracula felix (Luer) Luer, Selbyana 2: 195 (1978).

Dracula felix (Luer) Luer, Photos by Gerrit Verhellen

its native range is SW. Colombia to Central Ecuador.

Latinh Name: 

Dracula felix (Luer) Luer

Synonym:

Masdevallia felix Luer

English Name:

The Fruitful Dracula (refers to the many capsules this species can produce).

Description: 

Erect, ramicauls enveloped basally by 2 to 3 , loose, tubular sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, thinly coriaceous, carinate, narrowly elliptic, acute, gradually narrowing below into the conduplicate, subpetiolate base leaf that blooms in the fall on an short, slender, purplish, suberect to horizontal, single flowered inflorescence arising from low on the ramicaul and carrying several bracts and tubular floral bracts.

Distribution:

Colombia, Ecuador.

Ecological:

In cloud forests at elevations of 1200 to 2500 m as a small sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the fall.

Flower size:

8.0 cm.

Cultivation:

Climate: Cool

Air Circulation: Medium

Light: Low

Humidity: High

Fertilizer: Monthly

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