Product information "Dracula hirtzii 'Xanthina'"
Name: | Dracula hirtzii, Luer 1979 'Xanthina' |
Synonyms: | unknown |
Etymology: | hirtzii = Alexander Hirtz, German-born geologist, botanist and naturalist, currently living and researching in Quito, Ecuador |
Propagation: | divisions |
Origin: | Ecuador, Colombia |
Habitat: | epiphytic in the Pacific Andes in wet humid cloud forest at altitudes from 1300 to 2600m |
Notes: | Dracula hirtzii has very large flowers, 10 x 25cm. These are terminal on a short, erect inflorescence, which may occasionally bear 2-3 flowers that open in succession. |