Monkey face orchid.

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Pflegestufe

Schwierig

Pflanzenart

Epiphytic orchid

Licht

Filtered shade

Licht im Innenraum

Hell, indirekt

Gießen

Alle 3 bis 7 Tage

Endgröße

12 to 18 inches

Wachstum

Langsam

Winterhärte

USDA 10 bis 12

Blütezeit

Year round

Pflege

Keep this plant in a cool spot with very high humidity and constant air movement to prevent rot. Watch for yellowing leaves or shriveled pseudobulbs, which signal that the plant is stressed by heat or dry air. Always use distilled or rain water to avoid mineral buildup.

Gießen

Keep the potting medium consistently moist but never soggy.

Düngen

Use a weak, balanced orchid fertilizer during the active growing season.

Schneiden

Remove spent flower spikes or dead leaves with sterile shears.

Umtopfen

Repot only when the medium breaks down or the plant outgrows its basket.

Boden

Sphagnum moss or bark mix

Boden-pH

5.5 to 6.5

Temperatur

10 bis 22°C

Luftfeuchtigkeit

70 bis 90%

Trockenheitstoleranz

Gering

Lebensdauer

Perennial, typically 5 to 10 years

Duft

Leicht

Wildverbiss-Resistenz

Mittel

Sicherheit

Menschen

There are no reports of toxicity, but it is not intended for human consumption.

Kinder

The plant is not toxic, but the delicate structure can be damaged by curious children.

Essbarkeit

This plant is not edible and should not be consumed.

So erkennst du die Pflanze

• Flowers resemble monkey faces
• Long, tail like sepal tips
• Deeply textured, hairy petals
• Bright green, lance shaped leaves

Höhe

0,2 bis 0,4m

Breite

0,15 bis 0,3m

Blätter

green, evergreen

Blüten

brown, orange, yellow, 5 bis 15cm

Häufige Probleme

• Root rot — Caused by overwatering or poor drainage in the potting medium.
• Aphids — Small insects that suck sap from new growth and flower buds.

Standort und Pflege

Vermehrung

division

Pflanzzeit

spring, autumn

Überwinterung

Keep the plant in a consistently cool environment with high humidity throughout the winter months.

Im Kübel

It is best grown in specialized hanging baskets or wooden slat baskets to allow the downward facing flower spikes to emerge.

Group with other moisture loving epiphytes to create a microclimate with high humidity.

Gute Pflanzpartner

• Polypodiopsida — They enjoy similar high humidity and low light conditions.
• Bryophyta — It helps maintain the high humidity levels around the roots.

Ähnliche Arten

• Dracula vampira — It is a closely related species with similar growth habits and flower structure.

Botanisches

Familie

Orchidaceae

Gattung

Dracula

Ordnung

Asparagales

Klasse

Liliopsida

Ursprüngliche Heimat

Cloud forests of Ecuador and Peru.

Artenschutz

It is considered vulnerable in the wild due to habitat loss and illegal collection.

It grows as an epiphyte on trees in high altitude, misty cloud forests.

Nutzen für Wildtiere

nectar source

Bestäuber

flies

Verwendung

ornamental, botanical collection

Taxonomie abgeglichen mit GBIF.

Häufige Fragen

Is this plant easy to grow?

It is considered challenging because it requires very specific cool temperatures and high humidity.

Can I grow this in a normal house?

It is very difficult to maintain the required cool, humid conditions in a standard home environment.

Woher der Name kommt

The name Dracula refers to the dragon like spurs on the sepals, while simia means monkey, referencing the face like pattern on the flower.

Gut zu wissen

• The flowers can bloom at any time of the year.
• The genus name Dracula refers to the dragon like appearance of the long sepals.
• It is native to the cloud forests of Ecuador and Peru.
• The scent of the flower mimics a mushroom to attract its specific pollinators.

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