Dryadella cristata

"Dryadella cristata Luer & R.Escobar occurs only in a few locations in southern Colombia, where it grows at elevations of about 1500-2000 m"

Dryadella cristata Luer & R.Escobar, Orquideologia 15(2–3): 126 (1982).

Dryadella cristata Luer & R.Escobar, Photo by Gabriele Fontana

Dryadella cristata Luer & R.Escobar, Photo by L.M. Palasiewicz

its native range is W. Colombia.

Latin Name: 

Dryadella cristata Luer & R.Escobar

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

No synonyms are recorded for this name.

English Name:

The Crested Dryadella (refers to the crested midvein of the petals).

Description: 

with erect ramicauls enveloped basally by 2 to 3 thin, loose tubular sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, thickly coriaceous, narrowly elliptical, subacute, gradually narrows below into the base leaf that blooms in the summer on a successively few flowered, congested, 3mm long inflorescence arising from low on the ramicaul with a thin, acuminate bract and thin, acuminate, imbricating floral bracts.

Distribution:

Colombia.

Ecological:

As a mini-miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte.

Flower time:

Bloom in the summer.

Flower size:

5.0 mm.

Cultivation:

Climate: Intermediate Warm

Air Circulation: Medium

Light: Medium

Humidity: Medium

Fertilizer: Weekly

Keep plant in partial shade. Plant can be grown in cool to 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:

Type Information:

Distribution Of Types

Colombia.

Reference: 

- theplantlist.org

- ipni.org

- powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:899754-1

- ecuagenera.com/Dryadella-cristata/en

- orchids.fandom.com/wiki/Dryadella_cristata

- travaldo.blogspot.com/2018/05/dryadella-cristata-care-and-culture.html

- orchidspecies.com/drycrista.htm.