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Dracula orchids
Dracula vampira
Dracula vampira
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
Subtribe: Pleurothallidinae
Genus: Dracula
Luer, 1978
Species

See text. Plants are living Organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. The flowering plants or angiosperms ( Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta) are the most widespread group Liliopsida is a Botanical name for the class containing the family Liliaceae (or Lily Family Asparagales is an order of Flowering plants The order must include the family Asparagaceae, but other families included in the order have varied markedly The Epidendroideae, or epidendroid Orchids are a Subfamily of the orchid family ( Orchidaceae) The Epidendroideae, or epidendroid Orchids are a Subfamily of the orchid family ( Orchidaceae) The Pleurothallidinae are a neotropical subtribe of Plants of the orchid family ( Orchidaceae) including 29 genera in more than 4000 species In Biology, a species is one of the basic units of Biological classification and a Taxonomic rank.

The orchid genus Dracula, abbreviated as Drac in horticultural trade, consists of 118 species. A genus (plural genera from Γένος Latin genus "descent family type gender" is a low-level Taxonomic In Biology, a species is one of the basic units of Biological classification and a Taxonomic rank. The strange name Dracula, literally means "little dragon", referring to the strange aspect of the two long spurs of the sepals [1]. A sepal (from Latin separatus "separate" + petalum "petal" is a part of the flower of Angiosperms or flower plants They were once included in the genus Masdevallia, but became a separate genus in 1978. Masdevallia, abbreviated Masd in horticultural trade is a large genus of plants of the Pleurothallidinae, subtribe of the orchid family ( Orchidaceae This genus has some of the more bizarre and well-known species of the subtribe Pleurothallidinae. The Pleurothallidinae are a neotropical subtribe of Plants of the orchid family ( Orchidaceae) including 29 genera in more than 4000 species

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Description

These epiphytic and terrestrial species are distributed in Central America and the northwest Andes, almost half in Ecuador alone. An epiphyte is an organism that grows upon or attaches to a living plant A terrestrial plant is one that grows on land Other types of plants are aquatic (living in water Epiphytic (living on trees but not Parasitic) The Andes form the world's longest exposed Mountain range. They lie as a continuous chain of highland along the western coast of South America. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Ecuador topics. They prefer shadow and an even, rather cold, temperature.

These caespitose orchids grow in tufts from a short rhizome, with a dense pack of stems. In Botany, a rhizome is a horizontal stem of a Plant that is usually found underground often sending out Roots and Shoots They lack pseudobulbs. The pseudobulb is a Storage organ derived from the part of a stem between two leaf nodes On each stems grows one large, thin, plicate leaf with a sharply defined midrib. In Botany, a leaf is an above-ground Plant organ specialized for Photosynthesis. These glabrous, light to dark green leaves may be spongy, taking over the function of the missing pseudobulb. They are tipped with a mucro (a short tip).

The flower stalks grow either horizontally from the base of the plant or descend, often for great distances. A flower, also known as a bloom or Blossom, is the reproductive structure found in Flowering plants (plants of the division Magnoliophyta, also A few species grow upright flower stalks. The long-tailed terminal flowers are basically triangular. The flowers are borne singly or successively. Three species (sodiroi, decussata/neisseniae, and papillosa) may have up to three simultaneously open flowers on a single stalk. In general, though, if there is more than one flower bud on the raceme, they open up with long intervals. These flowers have a weird aspect, due to the long tails on each sepal. A sepal (from Latin separatus "separate" + petalum "petal" is a part of the flower of Angiosperms or flower plants The petals are small and somewhat thickened. A petal (from Ancient Greek petalon "leaf" "thin plate" regarded as a highly modified leaf is one member or part of the corolla The lip is often quite large for a Pleurothallid and may resemble a mushroom or fungus. The labellum (or Lip) is part of an Orchid, Canna or other less known flower that serves to attract Insects that Pollinate the flower The fleshy basal part of the lip (hypochile) is cleft. The terminal part (epichile) is rounded and concave. The margins of the perianth are often fringed. The term perianth has two similar but separate meanings in botany In Flowering plants the perianth is the outer sterile whorls of a Flower (see There is a well-developed column with two pollinia. The column, or technically the gynostemium, is a reproductive structure that can be found in several plant families Aristolochiaceae, Orchidaceae, and Pollinium, or plural pollinia, is a coherent mass of Pollen grains

Frog's Skin (Dracula chestertonii)
Frog's Skin (Dracula chestertonii)

Species

The species of Dracula have tentatively been divided in three subgenera, sections and subsections. The different series in the subsection Dracula are merely an attempt to classify these orchids.

Dracula cordobae
Dracula cordobae
Dracula houtteana
Dracula houtteana
Dracula sodiroi
Dracula sodiroi

Hybrids

Footnote

  1. ^ Planet Arkive : Dracula orchid

References

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