| Dryadella albicans photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Luer) Luer, Carlyle August |
| published in | Selbiana 2 (2,3) : 207 . 1978 | |
| Family | Orchdaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Epidendreae | |
| Subtribe | Pleurothallidinae | |
| Genus | Dryadella Luer 1978 | |
| metabolism | C3 pathway, stomata of the leaves are open during the day. | |
| (K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013) | ||
| it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. | ||
| native of | origin | humid forests in Costa Rica, Ecuador (Azuay) |
| altitude | 100 - 2000 m (33 - 6600 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Cuenca (Azuay, Ecuador) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cfb, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with hot summers | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1000 / 3300 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Cuenca this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 10 m' to 11 h 50 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | lenght | 2,5 cm (1") |
| flores | 1 | |
| size | single flower 1,5 L 1,5 cm (0.6 L 0.6") | |
| duration | single flower ≈ 40 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth ≈ 50 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
