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Aphelandra sinclairiana
Also called Coral Aphelandra, Panama Queen
In Singapore: Coral Aphelandra, Panama Queen, Orange Shrimp Plant (Grown in Singapore)
Sinclair's Aphelandra is a shrub up to about 3 m tall from Central America, grown for its showy orange-red bracts and flowers. It needs warmth, humidity and bright light to thrive.
Aphelandra sinclairiana is a plant species commonly called coral aphelandra, orange shrimp plant, Panama queen or Sinclair's aphelandra. It is a shrub up to 3 m (10 feet) high, native to Central America, specifically Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras and Nicaragua. It is also cultivated in warm locations elsewhere, with pink, red, orange, or red-violet flowers and bracts.
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aphelandra sinclairiana 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.
