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Split Leaf Cyclanthus

Cyclanthus bipartitus

Split Leaf Cyclanthus
Photo: E.F. Poeppig (d. 1868), Public domain

Split leaf cyclanthus is a tropical perennial from the Americas, grown mainly as a shade-loving foliage plant in humid, warm conditions. It needs steady moisture, high humidity and bright shade to keep its split leaves healthy.

Family
Cyclanthaceae (Cyclanth family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Part shade, Shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist and never let it dry out completely.
Soil
Rich, well-draining peaty or humus-rich mix.
Temperature
18–29 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Mexico (Chiapas) to Trop. America
Climate
wet tropical

About

Cyclanthus bipartitus a species of plant in the family Cyclanthaceae, first described as a genus in 1824. It is native to southern Mexico, Central America, Trinidad, Windward Islands, northern South America (Venezuela, the Guianas, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, northwestern Brazil).

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[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 Cyclanthus bipartitus 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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