Product information "Dracula alcithoe"
| Name: | Dracula alcithoe, Luer & R. Escobar 1981 |
| Synonyms: | not known |
| Etymology: | alcithoe = Alcithoë, in Greek legend, the daughter of Minyas of Orchomenus, in Boeotia. She and her sisters once refused to participate in Dionysiac festivities, remaining at home spinning and weaving. Late in the day Dionysiac music clanged about them, the house was filled with fire and smoke, and the sisters were metamorphosed into bats and birds. |
| Propagation: | divisions |
| Origin: | Ecuador, Colombia |
| Habitat: | epiphytic on wet, mossy trees at elevations from 2000 to 2500m in the Pacific Andes. |
| Notes: | The description of Dracula alcithoe was published in 1981, The species bears a multi-flowered inflorescence that blooms consecutively. |
