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Asplundia meraensis

Asplundia meraensis is a climbing species in the Cyclanthaceae (cyclanth) family, native to Ecuador's moist montane forests. It is rarely grown in cultivation, so most care advice comes from its wet tropical habitat rather than from established growing records.

Family
Cyclanthaceae (Cyclanth family)
Grows as
Climber
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist and never let it dry out completely.
Soil
Rich, humus-heavy, free-draining mix with good moisture retention.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 12 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Ecuador (Pastaza)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Asplundia meraensis is a species of plant in the Cyclanthaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Other Asplundia plants

Asplundia albicarpa · Asplundia allenii · Asplundia brunneistigma · Asplundia cayapensis · Asplundia ceci · Asplundia clementinae · Asplundia cuspidata · Asplundia domingensis · Asplundia fagerlindii · Asplundia helicotricha · Asplundia lilacina · Asplundia lutea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Asplundia meraensis 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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