Dracula gigas

One of the largest Draculas, with big pink-to-red, hairy flowers that suggest a monkey's face, from the cloud forests of northern Ecuador and southern Colombia. It is among the more forgiving Draculas but still needs cool, very humid, shady conditions and flowers that can hang or push downward.

At home, aim for

Day Cool-growingTargets 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 or semi-terrestrial plant on mossy trunks and banks in wet montane cloud forest. Detail is inferred from the genus and the measured sites.

Recorded from 2000 to 2597 m, with a median of 2500 m across 10 records.

ColombiaEcuador

🔒 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.