Product information "Dracula andreettae var. xanthina"
| Name: | Dracula andreettae, (Luer) Luer 1978 var. xanthina |
| Synonyms: | Masdevallia andreettae, Luer 1978 |
| Etymology: | andreettae = Father Andreetta, Ecuadorian priest and orchid lover |
| Propagation: | divisions |
| Origin: | Ecuador |
| Habitat: | epiphytic on wet, mossy trees at elevations from 2000 to 2500m in the Pacific Andes. |
| Notes: | The type originates from the first collection by Padre Angel Andretta & A. Hirtz, and first flowered in Cuenca. Luer found Dracula andreettae again on July 12, 1977 in Carcha, Ecuador, and described it first as Masdevallia andreettae. A short time later, he transferred it to the genus Dracula, which he founded. |
