Draculas of Ecuador, Book Dendrochilum quadricolor

quadricolor

Standort: Anthurium besseae wächst terrestrisch und ist endemisch an der Typlokalität im Departement Cochabamba

suitable for all epiphytes

epiphytisch im Nebelwald in Höhenlagen bis 1100m

Draculas of Ecuador, Book Dendrochilum quadricolorDracula orchids have been popular in horticulture since the era of the "Orchid fever" in the second half of the 19th Century. When, in 1978, botanists eventually created a new genus for these plants with grotesque flowers to separate them from Masdevallia, 51 species of Dracula were already known. However, the increasing botanical exploration of the Neotropical regions has allowed the discovery of almost 100 new species of Dracula in the last few