2. Dracula venosa סוג הסחלב דרקולה, כולל 118 מינים. שמו המוזר "דרקולה", פשוטו כמשמעו "הדרקון הקטן", מתייחס להיבט המוזר של שתי השלוחות הארוכות של עלי גביע.

3. Dracula velutina v. xanthina Dracula chestertonii The orchid genus Dracula, consists of 118 species. The strange name Dracula, literally means "little dragon", referring to the strange aspect of the two long spurs of the sepals. This genus has some of the more bizarre and well- known species of the subtribe Pleurothallidinae.

4. Dracula diabola 'Andina' Colombia

5. These epiphytic and terrestrial species are distributed in Central America and the northwest Andes, almost half in Ecuador alone. They prefer shadow and an even, rather cold, temperature. These caespitose orchids grow in tufts from a short rhizome, with a dense pack of stems. They lack pseudobulbs. On each stems grows one large, thin, plicate leaf with a sharply defined midrib. These glabrous, light to dark green leaves may be spongy, taking over the function of the missing pseudobulb. They are tipped with a mucro (a short tip). The flower stalks grow either horizontally from the base of the plant or descend, often for great distances. A few species grow upright flower stalks. The long-tailed terminal flowers are basically triangular. The flowers are borne singly or successively. These flowers have a weird aspect, due to the long tails on each sepal. The petals are small and somewhat thickened. The lip is often quite large for a Pleurothallid and may resemble a mushroom or fungus. The fleshy basal part of the lip (hypochile) is cleft. The terminal part (epichile) is rounded and concave. The margins of the perianth are often fringed. There is a well-developed column with two pollinia.

6. Dracula felix

7. Dracula inaequalis - Colombia

8. Dracula distribution map Description These epiphytic and terrestrial species are distributed in Central America and the northwest Andes, almost half in Ecuador alone. They prefer shadow and an even, rather cold, temperature. Dracula lotax

9. Illustration of Dracula chestertonii Date1888 לפני המצאת הצילום הצבעוני ציירים ובוטניקאים נהגו לצייר כל צמח וצמח וכל מין ומין בפרטי פרוטרות. ציור זה צויר ב1888.

10. Dracula chestertonii note the mushroom-like lip with elevate radiating nerves סוג הסחלב דרקולה, כולל 118 מינים. שמו המוזר "דרקולה", פשוטו כמשמעו "הדרקון קטן", מתייחס להיבט המוזר של שתי השלוחות הארוכות של עלי גביע.

11. Dracula Quasimodo Dracula houtteana 'Freckles'

12. The flower stalks grow either horizontally from the base of the plant or descend, often for great distances. A few species grow upright flower stalks. The long-tailed terminal flowers are basically triangular. The flowers are borne singly or successively. In general, though, if there is more than one flower bud on the raceme, they open up with long intervals. These flowers have a weird aspect, due to the long tails on each sepal. The petals are small and somewhat thickened. The lip is often quite large for a Pleurothallid and may resemble a mushroom or fungus. Dracula benedictii 'Ripley' Colombia

13. Dracula es un género con 118 especies que incluyen algunas de las más extrañas y a la vez mejor conocidas orquídeas de la subtribu Pleurothallidinae de la familia Orchidaceae. Dracula gorgona Colombia

14. Su extraño nombre "Dracula" deriva del latín : pequeño dragón, haciendo referencia al extraño aspecto que presenta con dos largas espuelas que salen de los sépalos. Estas especies epífitas y terrestres se distribuyen en Centroamérica y en el Noroeste de los Andes, casi la mitad de ellas en Colombia y Ecuador solamente. Tienen preferencia de sombra y temperaturas frescas. Estas orquídeas forman en ramilletes desde un corto rizoma, con un paquete denso de tallos. No tienen pseudobulbos. Con cada tallo desarrolla una hoja grande, delgada y picuda con un costilla media claramente definida. Estas hojas glabras de un color de verde oscuro a claro sustituyen las funciones del pseudobulbo ausente teniendo funciones de almacenamiento de nutrientes. Son puntiagudas con mucro (punta breve). Los tallos florales se desarrollan erectos. Se pueden encontrar entre las raíces de algunas especies epífitas, colgando debajo de la planta. Las flores terminales con largas espuelas tienen básicamente una forma triangular. Las flores se abren individualmente ó sucesivamente. Pero si hay más de un capullo floral en el racimo, abren entonces con largos intervalos. Estas flores tienen un aspecto extraño debido a los largos apéndices en cada sépalo. Los pétalos son pequeños y gruesos.

15. Dracula saulii

16. Dracula chestertonii

17. Dracula gorgona Dracula mopsus

18. Dracula diabola

19. Dracula cordobae

20. Dracula lotax The plant in this case is 15 cm tall and the flowers 5 cm including the tails. The leaves are upright and grass-like and the flowers come from the base of the leaves, but do not grow down through the medium like some of the the other species, but stick out from the base of the plant at approximately a ninety degree angle.

21. Dracula roezlii

22. Dracula hirtzii One of the rare yellow clones Colombia and Ecuador

23. Dracula Simia

24. Monkey Orchid, Scientific name Dracula simia come from the south-eastern Ecuadorian and Peruvian cloud forests from elevations of 1000 to 2000 meters, The orchid was named in 1978 by the botanist Luer but is in a family containing over 120 species mostly found in Ecuador. Monkey orchid can flower at any time, it needs same treatment as normal orchids, they need to be kept more in shade and needs less of water, these Orchids are not season specific, Its smell resembles that of a ripe orange.

25. Dracula simia

26. Dracula lafleurii Ecuador

27. Dracula Deltoidea Dracula platycrater (85-105mm)

28. Dracula benedictii

29. http://www.yonggee.name/Genera/Dracula%20to%20Dungsia.htm Dracula kareniae Dracula sodiroi (15mm)

30. Dracula velutina (35-45mm)

31. Dracula marsupialis (105mm)

32. Dracula vespertilio

33. Dracula velutina

34. Dracula wallisii -The species is found at altitudes of 1,600 to 2,600 m in Cordillera Central, Colombia. It is a common species, with large flowers that are often highly variable in form.

35. Dracula ripleyana

36. Dracula radiosa, Colombia

37. Dracula pusilla (SE. Mexico to C. America)

38. Dracula psittacina Dracula psittacina (Colombia).

39. Dracula posadarum Dracula posadarum (Colombia).

40. Dracula psittacina (Colombia).

41. Dracula venosa (W. Colombia to NW. Ecuador).

42. Dracula vespertilio (Nicaragua to NW. Ecuador).

43. https://www.google.co.il/search?q=dracula+orchid&hl=iw&prmd =imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=JpR0ULadOs aH0AWymoDwDw&ved=0CCoQsAQ&biw=1024&bih=704 http://orchid-nord.com/pleurothallids.htm http://www.pleurothallids.com/index.php?option=com_content&v iew=article&id=57:dracula&catid=39:currently-recognized- genera&Itemid=58#A

44. Hummingbird, Finca Dracula Orchid Santuary, Panama

45. Monkey Face Plants - Dracula benedictii

46. Dracula vampira

47. Fruit flies Hirtodosophila sp. (l) and Zygothrica antedispar (r) lapping the epichile of a Dracula orchid.

48. מקורות: http://www.yonggee.name/Genera/Dracula%20to%20Dungsia.htm http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericinsf/sets/72157606380687270/ לצפייה במצגות נוספות על סחלבי בר: http://www.clarita-efraim.com/PPSCat.aspx?Cat=6 Dracula chestertonii לצפייה במצגות על סחלבים באתר שלנו: מצגות סחלבים www.clarita-efraim.com chefetze@netvision.net.il