Dracula venosa

מינים. שמו המוזר "דרקולה", פשוטו כמשמעו "הדרקון הקטן", 118סוג הסחלב דרקולה, כולל מתייחס להיבט המוזר של שתי השלוחות הארוכות של עלי גביע.

Dracula velutina v. xanthina

Dracula chestertonii

The orchid genus Dracula, consists of 118 species. The strange name Dracula, literally means "little

dragon", referring to the strange aspect of the two long spurs of the sepals .

This genus has some of the more bizarre and well-known species of the subtribe Pleurothallidinae.

Dracula diabola 'Andina'Colombia

These epiphytic and terrestrial species are distributed in

Central America and the northwest Andes, almost half in

Ecuador alone. They prefer shadow and an even, rather

cold, temperature.

These caespitose orchids grow in tufts from a short

rhizome, with a dense pack of stems. They lack

pseudobulbs. On each stems grows one large, thin, plicate

leaf with a sharply defined midrib. These glabrous, light to

dark green leaves may be spongy, taking over the function

of the missing pseudobulb. They are tipped with a mucro (a

short tip).

The flower stalks grow either horizontally from the base of

the plant or descend, often for great distances. A few

species grow upright flower stalks. The long-tailed terminal

flowers are basically triangular. The flowers are borne singly

or successively.

These flowers have a weird aspect, due to the long tails on

each sepal. The petals are small and somewhat thickened.

The lip is often quite large for a Pleurothallid and may

resemble a mushroom or fungus. The fleshy basal part of

the lip (hypochile) is cleft. The terminal part (epichile) is

rounded and concave. The margins of the perianth are often

fringed. There is a well-developed column with two pollinia.

Dracula felix

Dracula inaequalis - Colombia

Dracula distribution map

DescriptionThese epiphytic and terrestrial species are distributed in Central America and the northwest Andes, almost half in Ecuador alone. They prefer shadow and an even,

rather cold, temperature.

Dracula lotax

Illustration of Dracula chestertonii Date1888

לפני המצאת הצילום הצבעוני ציירים ובוטניקאים נהגו לצייר כל צמח וצמח וכל מין

.1888ומין בפרטי פרוטרות. ציור זה צויר ב

Dracula chestertonii note the mushroom-like lip with elevate

radiating nerves

מינים. שמו המוזר 118סוג הסחלב דרקולה, כולל "דרקולה", פשוטו כמשמעו "הדרקון קטן", מתייחס

להיבט המוזר של שתי השלוחות הארוכות של עלי גביע.

Dracula Quasimodo

Dracula houtteana 'Freckles'

The flower stalks grow either horizontally from the base of the plant or descend, often for great distances.

A few species grow upright flower stalks. The long-tailed terminal flowers

are basically triangular. The flowers are borne singly or successively. In

general, though, if there is more than one flower bud on the raceme, they open up with long intervals. These

flowers have a weird aspect, due to the long tails on each sepal. The petals are small and somewhat thickened. The lip is often quite large for a Pleurothallid

and may resemble a mushroom or fungus.

Dracula benedictii 'Ripley'Colombia

Dracula es un género con 118 especies que incluyen algunas de las más extrañas y a la vez mejor conocidas orquídeas de la subtribu

Pleurothallidinae de la familia Orchidaceae.

Dracula gorgonaColombia

Su extraño nombre "Dracula" deriva del latín : pequeño dragón, haciendo referencia al extraño aspecto que presenta con dos largas espuelas que salen de los sépalos.

Estas especies epífitas y terrestres se distribuyen en Centroamérica y en el Noroeste de los Andes, casi la mitad de ellas en Colombia y Ecuador solamente. Tienen

preferencia de sombra y temperaturas frescas.

Estas orquídeas forman en ramilletes desde un corto rizoma, con un paquete denso de tallos. No tienen pseudobulbos. Con cada tallo desarrolla una hoja grande, delgada y picuda con un costilla media claramente definida. Estas hojas glabras de un color de

verde oscuro a claro sustituyen las funciones del pseudobulbo ausente teniendo funciones de almacenamiento de nutrientes. Son puntiagudas con mucro (punta breve).

Los tallos florales se desarrollan erectos. Se pueden encontrar entre las raíces de algunas especies epífitas, colgando debajo de la planta. Las flores terminales con

largas espuelas tienen básicamente una forma triangular. Las flores se abren individualmente ó sucesivamente. Pero si hay más de un capullo floral en el racimo,

abren entonces con largos intervalos. Estas flores tienen un aspecto extraño debido a los largos apéndices en cada sépalo. Los pétalos son pequeños y gruesos.

Dracula saulii

Dracula chestertonii

Dracula gorgona

Dracula mopsus

Dracula diabola

Dracula cordobae

Dracula lotax

The plant in this case is 15 cm tall and the flowers 5 cm including the tails. The leaves are upright and grass-like and the flowers come from the base of the leaves, but do not grow down through the medium like some of the the other species, but stick out from the base of the plant at approximately

a ninety degree angle.

Dracula roezlii

Dracula hirtziiOne of the rare yellow clones

Colombia and Ecuador

Dracula Simia

Monkey Orchid, Scientific name “Dracula simia” come from the south-eastern Ecuadorian and Peruvian cloud forests from elevations of 1000 to 2000 meters,

The orchid was named in 1978 by the botanist Luer but is in a family containing over 120 species mostly found in Ecuador.

Monkey orchid can flower at any time, it needs same treatment as normal orchids, they need to be kept more in shade and needs less of water, these Orchids are not season

specific, Its smell resembles that of a ripe orange.

Dracula simia

Dracula lafleuriiEcuador

Dracula Deltoidea

Dracula platycrater (85-105mm)

Dracula benedictii

http://www.yonggee.name/Genera/Dracula%20to%20Dungsia.htm

Dracula kareniae Dracula sodiroi (15mm)

Dracula velutina (35-45mm)

Dracula marsupialis (105mm)

Dracula vespertilio

Dracula velutina

Dracula wallisii -The species is found at altitudes of 1,600 to 2,600 m in Cordillera Central, Colombia. It is a common species,

with large flowers that are often highly variable in form.

Dracula ripleyana

Dracula radiosa, Colombia

Dracula pusilla (SE. Mexico to C. America)

Dracula psittacina (Colombia).

Dracula posadarum (Colombia).

Dracula psittacina (Colombia).

Dracula venosa (W. Colombia to NW. Ecuador).

Dracula vespertilio (Nicaragua to NW. Ecuador).

https://www.google.co.il/search?q=dracula+orchid&hl=iw&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=

JpR0ULadOsaH0AWymoDwDw&ved=0CCoQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=704

http://orchid-nord.com/pleurothallids.htm

http://www.pleurothallids.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=57:dracula&catid=39:currently-recognized-genera&Itemid=58#A

Hummingbird, Finca Dracula Orchid Santuary, Panama

Monkey Face Plants - Dracula benedictii

Dracula vampira

Fruit flies Hirtodosophila sp. (l) and Zygothrica antedispar (r) lapping the epichile

of a Dracula orchid.

מקורות:

http://www.yonggee.name/Genera/Dracula%20to%20Dungsia.htm

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericinsf/sets/72157606380687270/

לצפייה במצגות נוספות על סחלבי בר:

http://www.clarita-efraim.com/PPSCat.aspx?Cat=6

Dracula chestertonii

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