Dryadella osmariniana (Braga) Garay & Dunst. 1979 Drawing by © Dunsterville & Garay

Deep Shade Hot Warm

Common Name or Meaning Osmarina's Dryadella

Flower Size .8" [2 mm]

Found in Amazonas Brazil [Venezuela] as a mini-miniature sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with elliptic to elliptic-oblong leaf that blooms on a .08" [2mm] long, single flowered inflorescence .

CAUTION!!!! The drawing above is not correct for this species according to Luer 2005, it is really D lueriana, this species is very similar to D guatemalensis and Luer in 2005 seems to relegate it as a synonym of the same.

Synonyms *Masdevallia osmariniana Braga 1977

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Orchids Venezuela: an Illustrated Field Guide Vol 1 172 Dunsterville & Garay 1979 drawing fide;

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