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Aphelandra guayasii

Aphelandra guayasii
Photo: Raúl A. Ruiz M., CC BY 4.0

Aphelandra guayasii is a shrubby species from the Acanthus family, endemic to Ecuador's Guayas region, where it grows in dry tropical forest. It is rarely cultivated and is threatened by habitat loss, so it is best grown from responsibly sourced material with warm, bright conditions and fairly consistent moisture.

Family
Acanthaceae (Acanthus family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil lightly and evenly moist during the growing season, letting the top layer dry slightly between waterings, and reduce water in winter.
Soil
Well-draining, humus-rich potting mix with some perlite or bark.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Ecuador (Guayas)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Aphelandra guayasii is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Other Aphelandra plants

Aphelandra albinotata · Aphelandra anderssonii · Aphelandra attenuata · Aphelandra azuayensis · Aphelandra chrysantha · Aphelandra cinnabarina · Aphelandra dodsonii · Aphelandra galba · Aphelandra gunnarii · Aphelandra harlingii · Aphelandra longiflora · Aphelandra loxensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aphelandra guayasii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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