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Dracula syndactyla (Dracula syndactyla)

Description

It is a small-sized orchid with habit of epiphyte and with thin, 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 elliptical, acute slightly folded, narrowing down at the conduplicated base. It blooms in the spring in a thin inflorescence, more or less horizontal, 8 to 12 cm long, lax with successively few flowers with several bracts and a tubular floral bract.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Asparagales

            • Family: Orchidaceae

              • Genus: Dracula