Dracula janetiae (Luer) Luer

Dracula janetiae (Luer) Luer, Selbyana 2: 195 (1978).

Dracula janetiae (Luer) Luer, Photos by Gerrit Verhellen

its native range is Central Peru.

Latinh Name: 

Dracula janetiae (Luer) Luer

Synonym:

Masdevallia janetiae Luer

English Name:

Janet's Dracula (refers to Mrs Kuhn, Discoverer of species).

Description: 

With erect, slender ramicauls enveloped basally by 2 to 3 loose, tubular sheaths and carrying a single, apical, erect, thinly coriaceous, carinate, narrowly elliptical, acute, gradually narrowing below into the channeled petiolate base leaf that blooms in the fall on a purple, horizontal to descending, successively few flowered inflorescence arising from low on the ramicaul and carrying a tubular floral bract.

Distribution:

Peru.

Ecological:

At elevations around 1700 m as a miniature to just small sized, cool growing epiphyte. 

Flowering times:

Blooms in the fall.

Flower size:

7.5 cm.

Cultivation:

Climate: Intermediate

Air Circulation: Medium

Humidity: High

Fertilizer: Monthly

Temp:  cool

Light:  low

Water:  evenly moist

Keep plant in partial shade. Plant can be grown in cool to intermediate conditions. Pot the plant in fine bark with perlite or sphagnum moss. Water regularly and keep potting media moist.

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