| Dracula simia foto Z |
| taxonomy | described by | (Luer) Luer, Carlyle August |
| published in | Selbiana 2 ( 2 - 3 ) : 197 1978 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Epidendreae | |
| subtribe | Pleurothallidinae | |
| genus | Dracula Luer 1978 | |
| metabolism |
C3 pathway, stomata of the leaves are open during the day. |
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| (K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013) | ||
| it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. | ||
| native of | origins | cloud forests in Ecuador (Morona-Santiago, Zamora-Chinchipe), Peru |
| altitude | 78 - 2000 m (257 - 6600 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Macas (Morona-Santiago, Ecuador) |
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| Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest | ||
| (no winter season, more abundant rainfall) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1000 m / 3300 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Macas this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 09 m' to 11 h 51 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | length | 35 cm (14") from the leaf base |
| nr flowers | 2 - 3 | |
| size | single flower 17 L 10 cm (6.8" L 4") | |
| duration | single flower ≈ 8 days - inflorescence ≈ 60 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 120 days | |
| CITES | appendix | |
