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Didissandra brachycarpa

Didissandra brachycarpa
Photo: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, CC BY 4.0

Didissandra brachycarpa is a small subshrub in the African violet family (Gesneriaceae) from the wet tropics of Sumatra. It is rarely cultivated, so care advice here is general guidance for similar shade-loving gesneriads grown in warm, humid conditions.

Family
Gesneriaceae (African violet family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist and avoid waterlogging, watering when the top layer begins to dry.
Soil
Light, well-draining, humus-rich potting mix with peat or coir and perlite.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Sumatera
Climate
wet tropical

About

Didissandra brachycarpa is a species of flowering plant in the family Gesneriaceae.

It is a subshrub, native to the wet tropical biome of Sumatra.

Other Didissandra plants

Didissandra anisanthera · Didissandra elongata · Didissandra frutescens · Didissandra sprengelii · Didissandra ternata · Didissandra triflora · Didissandra wildeana · Didissandra

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Didissandra brachycarpa 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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