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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Dryadella''
| image = Dryadella simula Orchi 02.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = ''Dryadella simula''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]]
| tribus = [[Epidendreae]]
| subtribus = [[Pleurothallidinae]]
| genus = '''''Dryadella'''''
| genus_authority = [[Carlyle August Luer|Luer]] 1978
| type_species = ''Dryadella elata''
| type_species_authority = ([[Carlyle August Luer|Luer]]) [[Carlyle August Luer|Luer]] 1978
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision =
*''[[Dryadella aviceps]]''
*''[[Dryadella edwallii]]''
*''[[Dryadella elata]]''
*''[[Dryadella guatemalensis]]''
*''[[Dryadella liliputiana]]''
*''[[Dryadella simula]]''
*''[[Dryadella sororcula]]''
*''[[Dryadella zebrina]]''
*etc.
}}

'''''Dryadella''''' is a [[genus]] of miniature [[orchid]]s, formerly included in the genus [[Masdevallia]]. Plants are typically composed of a tuft of leaves from 3 to 6 cm long. The small (1-2 cm) flowers are often conspicuously spotted, and are borne at the base of the leaves. There are about 40 [[species]], distributed from southern [[Mexico]] to southern [[Brazil]] and northern [[Argentina]]. In cultivation many of the species seem to respond well to being grown on cork or treefern rather than in pots. The attractive species [[Dryadella edwallii]], commonly known as 'Partridge in the Grass' can be easily grown into a spectacular specimen plant, full of flowers.

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[[Category:Orchid genera]]

Dryadella - Revision history

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