Dracula sergioi

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

Dracula sergioi is an epiphytic species of orchid in the genus Dracula.

Facts

Dracula orchids smell and look a little like mushrooms (the tongue looks like a mushroom). This helps trick fruit flies that pollinate mushrooms into pollinating them as well.

Most dracula orchids grow in Antioquia, Colombia at elevations around 1950 meters.

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