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from Reserva Los Cedros
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Dracula posadarum Luer & R.Escobar (1981)
Collected:
Colombia: Antioquia: Western Cordillera without exact locality, collector unknown, early 1978
Distribution:
Colombia
Dracula hirsuta Luer & Andreetta (1980)
Collected:
Ecuador: Morona-Santiago: epiphytic in wet forest near RÃo Calagras, alt. 1600 m, Apr 1979, collected by A. Andreetta & M. Portilla
Distribution:
Ecuador
Slains Castle, Aberdeenshire - which is believed to have been the inspiration for Bram Stoker's Dracula, written in the nearby Kilmarnock Arms Hotel at Cruden Bay.
A nighttime shot in Sighisoara, birthplace of Vlad Tepes, on whom the Dracula character was modeled. It is said Vlad Tepes was born in the house on the left.
from Reserva Los Cedros
Dracula orchids mimic mushrooms by visual appearance and smell to attract Zygothricas flies for pollination: www.tc.umn.edu/~dent0015/Dracula/Dracula.html
art by James Bama
This kit was available 1962-1968. It was then available in the "Frightning Lightning" series (1969) and the "Glow in the Dark" series (1969-1975).
Dracula inaequalis (Rchb. f.) Luer & R. Escobar 1982 SUBGENUS Dracula SECTION Dracula SUBSECTION Costatae
Dracula carderi [Rchb.f]Luer 1978; Masdevallia carderi Rchb. f. 1883; *Masdevallia inequalis Rchb. f. 1874
2010-09-04
#199
It is HUGE!! Measuring 24 cm tall and 6 cm wide...
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