Dracula diana

Diana's dracula

An endangered Dracula from the cloud forests of the western cordillera of Colombia, with broad, pleated leaves and greenish-white flowers finely spotted purple, about 5 × 10 cm. It is known from only a few sites around 1,200–1,800 m. Like its relatives, it needs cool, constantly humid, shaded, buoyant air and never drying out.

Dracula diana — Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Epiphytic in wet cloud forest on the western cordillera of Colombia, in the Valle del Cauca (Río Azul, Calima–Río Bravo) and Antioquia.

Given as about 1,200–1,600 m (orchid species encyclopaedia) or 1,400–1,800 m (Wikipedia, from four known sites).

Colombia

🔒 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-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.