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Bomarea goniocaulon

Bomarea goniocaulon
Photo: Luis Fer JP, CC BY 4.0

Bomarea goniocaulon is a scrambling, tuberous climber from the Andean cloud forests of Ecuador and Peru, rarely seen in cultivation. Its key needs are bright shade, moist but well-drained soil, and cool, humid conditions.

Family
Alstroemeriaceae (Alstroemeri family)
Grows as
Climber, Bulb
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during growth and reduce watering when the top growth dies back.
Soil
Humus-rich, free-draining mix with added leaf mould or bark.
Temperature
10–24 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Ecuador to Peru
Climate
wet tropical

About

Bomarea goniocaulon is a species of flowering plant in the family Alstroemeriaceae. It is native to Peru and to Ecuador, where it has been collected only three times in the Pichincha Province. It is known from mountain forest habitat.

Other Bomarea plants

Bomarea angustifolia · Trailing Lily · Bomarea brachysepala · Bomarea ceratophora · Bomarea chimborazensis · Salsilla · Bomarea elegans · Bomarea glaucescens · Bomarea gracilis · Bomarea graminifolia · Bomarea hartwegii · Bomarea lanata

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bomarea goniocaulon 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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