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Geogenanthus ciliatus is a low, shade-loving rainforest plant from the Andean foothills of Ecuador and northern Peru, grown occasionally as a houseplant. Its glossy green leaves with velvety purple undersides and blue flowers make it attractive, and it needs warm, humid, low-light conditions.
Geogenanthus ciliatus is a flowering plant species in the family Commelinaceae (the dayflower & spiderwort family). As currently circumscribed, the genus Geogenanthus includes two other species, G. poeppigii and G. rhizanthus.
Native to Upper Amazonia, it has been documented from the mid-elevation, eastern slopes of the Andes in Ecuador through the lowlands of northern Peru. It is typically found on the floor of primary rainforests. This species is adaptable to a low light environments and it will occasionally appear as a house plant or conservatory plant in temperate climates.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Geogenanthus ciliatus 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.
