Dracula houtteana (Dracula houtteana)
Description
It is a small-sized orchid , with an epiphytic habit and with erect ramicaules , which are wrapped at the base by 2-3 loose pods, tubular and bearing a single leaf, apical, erect, thinly leathery, carinate, narrowly elliptic obovate, acute, cuneate closely at the conduplicated base. It blooms in the spring and autumn in an inflorescence of 10 cm long, thin, purple, prostrate, loose, with successively 1-6 flowers that emerge from the lower part in the ramicaule.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Liliopsida
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Order: Asparagales
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Family: Orchidaceae
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Genus: Dracula
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