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Dracula ripleyana

A Costa Rican Dracula described by Luer in 1979 from a plant flowered by H. Ripley in California. Wild records come from primary montane forest at about 2200 m in the Cordillera de Talamanca and near El Cedral. Like other Draculas, it needs cool, shaded, constantly humid conditions and a basket so its flowers can push down through the medium.

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

Collected in primary montane cloud forest at about 2200 m. Like other Dracula, it presumably grows as a small epiphyte on mossy trunks in the shade.

Wild records are from about 2200 m.

Costa Rica

🔒 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.