Dracula posadarum
Overview
A detailed profile for this species is sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species as assessments become available.
Dracula posadarum faces severe threats from deforestation and habitat conversion in its restricted cloud forest range. The species' extremely limited distribution makes it particularly vulnerable to localized disturbances, while climate change poses additional risks by altering the specific temperature and humidity conditions required by this epiphytic orchid. Agricultural expansion and infrastructure development continue to fragment the remaining suitable habitat.
Habitat
This epiphytic orchid inhabits cool, humid cloud forests at elevations between 1,500-2,500 meters in the Andean mountains. It grows exclusively on moss-covered tree branches and trunks in areas with consistent moisture and filtered sunlight.