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Dracula diabola is a rare epiphytic orchid from a single valley in Boyacá, Colombia, growing at 2200 to 2600 m on tree branches in cool, humid cloud forest. It needs cool temperatures, high humidity and good air movement, and is a challenge for home growers.
Dracula diabola is a species of orchid that only grows in a single valley in the Boyacá Department, northeast of Bogotá, Colombia. Its specific epithet, diabola, comes from diabolus, the Latin word for devil. The plant is an epiphyte growing at an altitude of 2200–2600 m in the Eastern Cordillera.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dracula diabola by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
