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Father sodiro's dracula (Dracula sodiroi)

Description

It is a small-sized orchid , with a terrestrial habit and with thin, erect ramicaules , which are wrapped at the base by 2-3 loose, tubular pods bearing a single leaf, apical, erect, thinly leathery, carinate, very closely obovate, acute leaf that is gradually reduced down to an indistinct petiole. It flowers in summer and autumn in an erect, thin inflorescence 20 cm long, with a few successive flowers derived from the lower part in the ramicaule with tubular oblique floral bracts.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Tracheophyta

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Asparagales

            • Family: Orchidaceae

              • Genus: Dracula