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Dryadella
Dryadella is a genus of miniature orchids, formerly included in the genus Masdevallia. Plants are typically composed of a tuft of leaves from 3 to 6 cm long. The small (1–2 cm) flowers are often conspicuously spotted, and are borne at the base of the leaves. There are about 40 species, distributed from southern Mexico to southern Brazil and northern Argentina. In cultivation many of the species seem to respond well to being grown on cork or treefern...
22 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Dryadella simula
speciesDryadella simula
Dryadella zebrina
speciesDryadella zebrina
Dryadella lilliputiana
speciesDryadella lilliputiana
Dryadella linearifolia
speciesDryadella linearifolia
Dryadella meiracyllium
speciesDryadella meiracyllium
Dryadella guatemalensis
speciesDryadella guatemalensis
Dryadella edwallii
speciesDryadella edwallii
Dryadella aviceps
speciesDryadella aviceps
Dryadella vitorinoi
speciesDryadella vitorinoi
Dryadella catharinensis
speciesDryadella catharinensis
Dryadella dodsonii
speciesDryadella dodsonii
Dryadella fuchsii
speciesDryadella fuchsii
Dryadella minuscula
speciesDryadella minuscula
Dryadella cristata
speciesDryadella cristata
Dryadella greenwoodiana
speciesDryadella greenwoodiana
Dryadella mocoana
speciesDryadella mocoana
Dryadella rodrigoi
speciesDryadella rodrigoi
Dryadella verrucosa
speciesDryadella verrucosa
Dryadella elata
speciesDryadella elata
Dryadella auriculigera
speciesDryadella auriculigera
Dryadella susanae
speciesDryadella susanae
Dryadella kautskyi
speciesDryadella kautskyi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 140737.