Dryadella aviceps

 Dryadella aviceps (Rchb.f.) Luer, Selbyana 2: 208 (1978).

Dryadella aviceps (Rchb.f.) Luer, Photo by José Santos da Costa

its native range is E. & S. Brazil to Paraguay.

Latin Name: 

Dryadella aviceps (Rchb.f.) Luer

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Dryadella obrieniana (Rolfe) Luer

Dryadella silvana F.Barros

Masdevallia aviceps (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.

Masdevallia bradei Schltr. ex Hoehne

Masdevallia obrieniana Rolfe

Masdevallia paulensis Barb.Rodr.

Masdevallia sessilis Barb.Rodr.

Masdevallia simula var. obrieniana (Rolfe) Kraenzl.

Pleurothallis aviceps Rchb.f.

English Name:

The Bird's Head Dryadella.

Description: 

With erectramicauls enveloped basally by 2 to 3 thin, loose, tubular sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, thicklyu coriaceous, purple suffused beneath, elliptical-obovate, subacute, narrowly cuneate belowintothe subpetiolate base leaf that blooms on a congested, successively few flowered, 1 to 2 mm long inflorescence arising from low on the ramicaul and with imbricating, thin floral bracts and a sheath below.

Distribution:

Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Paraguay.

Ecological:

At elevations of 310 to 1500 m as a mini-miniature sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the summer.

Flower size:

5.0 mm.

Cultivation:

Keep plant in partial shade. Plant can be grown in intermediate conditions. Plants are best mounted on treefern fibers or cork, but also can be potted in fine bark with perlite or sphagnum moss. Water regularly and keep potting media moist.

Typus:

Jan 1, 1978 Brazil Dryadella obrieniana K000077695 holotype

Reference: 

theplantlist.org

https://www.ipni.org/n/84203-2

http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:84203-2

http://www.orchidspecies.com/dryaviceps.htm 

https://orchids.fandom.com