THE DRAGON ORCHIDS (GENUS Dracontia) represent a small group of mostly Central American species in the Pleurothallidinae. Their relatively large, uniquely shaped and diversely ornate flowers set them apart from their close relatives.The first species of the group to have been discovered was the Jamaican native Epidendrum race-miflorum,1 described by Olof Swartz in 1788. Most species, however, have been described in the last century and are most commonly from southern Central America.
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