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Dracula cordobae

Dracula cordobae Luer is an Ecuadorian Dracula known from El Oro, Azuay and Zamora Chinchipe, with records at about 700–2,600 m, mostly around 700–1,500 m near Piñas. Like all Dracula it needs constantly moist, cool-to-intermediate, shaded, well-ventilated cloud-forest conditions and a basket, because its flowers grow downward.

Dracula cordobae
Photo: CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Very humid airBand in Plantistry
Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

An epiphyte in wet montane cloud forest on the Andean slopes of southern Ecuador; the detailed microhabitat is not recorded.

Records are about 700–2,600 m, concentrated at 700–1,500 m.

Ecuador

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY 2.0 licence, unmodified.