Dracula houtteana

Surname: Dracula houtteana, (Rchb. f.) Luer 1978
Synonyms:
Dracula callifera, (Schltr.) Luer 1978
Dracula carderiopsis, (F. Lehm. & Kraenzl.) Luer 1978
Dracula mosquerae, (F. Lehm. & Kraenzl.) Luer 1978
Masdevallia callifera, Schltr. 1920
Masdevallia carderi var. mosquerae, Lehm. & Kränzl. 1925
Masdevallia carderiopsis, F. Lehm. & Kraenzl. 1921,
Masdevallia houtteana, Rchb.f. 1874
Masdevallia mosquerae, F. Lehm. & Kraenzl. 1925
etymology:
houtteana = Louis Benoît van Houtte (1810 - 1876) was a Belgian botanist, plant collector and tree nursery owner. With Charles Morren he published the monthly magazine L'Horticulteur Belge, the first magazine to deal with Belgian horticulture. In addition to numerous collecting trips, he later ran a seed and flower shop in Brussels, where he also sold flower bulbs and garden tools
Reproduction: Division
Origin: Colombia
Location:
epiphytic in the Western Cordilleras, widespread from wet to humid cloud forest at altitudes of 1300 to 2400 m
Remarks:
Dracula houtteana is a very narrow-leaved, compact-growing Dracula, which, when well cultivated, can produce many 5 x 5cm large individual flowers on slightly hanging flower stalks. The plant loves high humidity, otherwise the leaf tips quickly turn brown and later black.