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Orange Berry

Drymophila moorei

Orange Berry
Photo: Poyt448 Peter Woodard, Public domain

Drymophila moorei is a small rainforest herb from northeastern New South Wales and southeastern Queensland, grown for its glossy leaves and bright orange berries. It needs shade, humus-rich moist soil and cool, humid conditions.

Family
Alstroemeriaceae (Alstroemeri family)
Grows as
Bulb
Light
Shade, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist but not waterlogged, and water more in warm weather.
Soil
Humus-rich, free-draining, moisture-retentive mix such as leaf mould with potting mix.
Temperature
10–25 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. Queensland to NE. New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Drymophila moorei, the orange berry, occurs naturally from the Manning River in northern New South Wales to Queensland. The habit is as a herb, occurring at the rainforest floor, usually at high altitudes. Easily identified when in fruit.

Drymophila is a genus of flowering plants in the family Alstroemeriaceae. It has also been placed in Luzuriagaceae, Convallariaceae and Liliaceae.

Other Drymophila plants

Native Solomon's Seal · Drymophila

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Drymophila moorei 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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