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Dracula sodiroi


Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family:Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
SubTribe: Pleurothallidinae
Genus: Dracula
Species: Drac. sodiroi
Alliance:
Binomial name
Dracula sodiroi
(Schltr.) Luer 1978


Dracula sodiroi is a terrestrial to epiphytic orchid in the genus Dracula.

Description[]

A medium sized plant with narrow leaves and an erect to horizontal peduncle bearing several 4 cm wide flowers. Subsp. sodiroi bears three flowers that bloom simultaneously. Subsp. erythrocodon typically bears three larger flowers that bloom in succession.

Distribution[]

Found in Ecuador at elevations of 1500 to 2400 meters

Culture[]

Grow in cool to intermediate temperatures. Can be grown in a basket with sphagnum moss. The medium it is grown in should be kept moist.

Varieties[]

Image Name Description
Dracula sodoroi variant Sepals are pink. Lip is pink.

Naming[]

Common Name: Sodiro's Dracula

Named in honor of its dicoverer Padre Alois Sodiro

The subspecies name "erythrocodon" is from Greek meaning "a red bell"

Synonyms[]

  1. *Masdevallia sodiroi Schltr. 1915