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Besleria modica

Besleria modica is a shrub in the African violet family, endemic to Ecuador and found in moist montane forests. It is a wild species rarely grown in cultivation, so care depends on mimicking its humid, shaded tropical mountain habitat.

Family
Gesneriaceae (African violet family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist and never waterlogged; water when the top layer begins to dry.
Soil
Loose, well-draining, humus-rich mix such as peat or leaf mould with perlite.
Temperature
15–26 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Ecuador
Climate
wet tropical

About

Besleria modica is a species of plant in the family Gesneriaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Other Besleria plants

Besleria comosa · Besleria elegans · Besleria miniata · Besleria quadrangulata · Besleria

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Besleria modica 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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