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Dracula Jester



20th March 2011


This is the plant on the day I bought it, and looking back at it reminds me that I shouldn't fall for wonderful things unless there is a chance that I will be able to grow them. Dracula is a genus of orchids closely related to Masdevallia but they have a reputation for being more cold tolerant and easier to grow. I hoped that I could grow it in a heated case through the winter and put it in the greenhouse for summer.
A Masdevallia would certainly not tolerate that sort of indignity, but perhaps a Dracula was worth trying.
In the event, Masdevallia and Dracula have a lot more in common than their reputations might suggest (it's dead).
Jester is a grex formed from the hybrid Dracula lotax x platycrater with creamy white triangular flowers tipped with brown.