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Dischidanthus urceolatus

Dischidanthus urceolatus is a small epiphytic or climbing vine from southern China and Vietnam in the dogbane family, grown mainly as a warm, humid houseplant or in greenhouses. Keep it warm and humid with bright, indirect light and water it when the top of the mix dries.

Family
Apocynaceae (Dogbane family)
Grows as
Climber
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water when the top of the medium begins to dry, and keep it slightly moist during active growth.
Soil
Free-draining epiphyte mix with bark, perlite and some peat or coco.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 12 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. China to Vietnam
Climate
wet tropical

About

Dischidanthus urceolatus is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, native from south China (South-Central China, Southeast China, Hainan) to Vietnam. It was first described by Joseph Decaisne in 1844 as Marsdenia urceolata.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dischidanthus urceolatus 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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