Dracula diabola

Dracula diabola
Dracula diabola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
Subtribe: Pleurothallidinae
Genus: Dracula
Species: D. diabola
Binomial name
Dracula diabola
Luer & R.Escobar

Dracula diabola is a species of orchid that only grows in a single valley in Colombia. Its species name, Diabola, comes from the Latin word for devil.[1]

References

  1. ^ Bonine, Paul. Black Plants: 75 Striking Choices for the Garden, Timber Press, 2009, p. 64.
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