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Didissandra wildeana

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

Didissandra wildeana is a small subshrub from the African violet family, native to the wet tropical forests of northern Sumatra. It is a rare species known mainly from botanical records, so cultivation advice is limited and drawn from its genus and habitat.

Family
Gesneriaceae (African violet family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Bright indirect, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist and never waterlogged, using water at room temperature.
Soil
Light, airy, well-draining peat-based mix with added perlite or bark.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
N. Sumatera
Climate
wet tropical

About

Didissandra wildeana is a species of flowering plant in the family Gesneriaceae. It is a subshrub native to Sumatra. The species was described in 1998.

Where it grows

Didissandra wildeana is native to the wet tropical biome of northern Sumatra.

Other Didissandra plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Didissandra wildeana 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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