Product information "Dracula fuligifera"
Name: | Dracula fuligifera, Luer 1991 |
Synonyms: | not known |
Etymology: | fuligiferus = carrying soot (black) |
Propagation: | divisions |
Origin: | Ecuador |
Habitat: | epiphytic on wet, mossy trees in moist cloud forests at altitudes of 1800 to 2000 meters |
Notes: | Dracula fuligifera has flowers about 4 x 4cm in size. The inflorescence stems hang and bear 1 terminal flower, the partly reddish lip is very reminiscent of the monkey face associated with Dracula. |