Dracula smaug Baquero & Gary Mey.
, Orquideologia 31(2): 88 (2014).- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77148629-1
- Publication
- Orquideologia; Revista de la Sociedad Colombiana de Orquideologia. Medellin
- Collation
- 31(2): 88
- Date of Publication
- Dec 2014
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Orchidaceae
Type Information
- Locality
- Provincia de Carchi, cerca del Río Gualpí, 1900 m
- Type Herbaria
- holotype QCNE 237701
- Distribution Of Types
- Ecuador (Western South America, Southern America)
- Type Remarks
- Flowered in cultivation
Remarks
Named after Smaug, the dragon in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit book.