Dracula tubeana (Rchb.f.) Luer

Dracula tubeana (Rchb.f.) Luer is native to Ecuador. These plants are found in the Pichincha Province in cool, humid, rich in orchids rainforests, at an altitude of about 2000 m. This species is rare in nature and in crops...

Dracula tubeana (Rchb.f.) Luer, Selbyana 2: 198 (1978).

Dracula tubeana (Rchb.f.) Luer, Photo by Mario Portilla Andrade 

its native range is Ecuador (Pichincha).

Synonyms:

Dracula tarantula (Luer) Luer

Masdevallia tarantula Luer

Masdevallia tubeana Rchb.f.

English name:

The Tubed-Shapped Dracula.

Description:

Its Dracula tubeana is broad-leafed Dracula with successively-flowered long inflorescences. The large flower is similar to polyphemos and cordobae: cream colored with red edging, longish tails, and a white fungus-shaped lip.

Flower Size:

13x21 cm.

Distribution:

Ecuador.

Ecological:

Cloud forests at elevations of 2000 to 2400 m.

Flowering time:

Blooms in the winter, spring and fall.

Culture:

Cool, moist, shady, and breezy. Some find this Dracula difficult to cultivate; others are quite successful.

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