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Bonnetia chimantensis

Bonnetia chimantensis is a shrub from the Chimantá tepuis of Venezuela's Bolívar state, a species of the Bonnetiaceae family. It is a wild, rarely cultivated plant, so care guidance is limited and mostly based on its wet tropical montane habitat.

Family
Bonnetiaceae (Bonneti family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist and never let it dry out completely, as it grows in humid tropical conditions.
Soil
Well-drained, acidic, peaty or organic-rich mix.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Venezuela (Bolívar)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Bonnetia chimantensis is a species of flowering plant in the Bonnetiaceae family. It is found only in Venezuela, occurring in the Canaima National Park, where mining and tourism are threatening habitats at lower elevations.

Other Bonnetia plants

Bonnetia bolivarensis · Bonnetia celiae · Bonnetia cordifolia · Bonnetia fasciculata · Bonnetia holostyla · Bonnetia jauaensis · Bonnetia kathleenae · Bonnetia lanceifolia · Bonnetia maguireorum · Bonnetia multinervia · Bonnetia ptariensis · Bonnetia rubicunda

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bonnetia chimantensis 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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