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Harperocallis sipapoensis

Harperocallis sipapoensis
Photo: The New York Botanical Garden, CC BY 4.0

Harperocallis sipapoensis is a little-known perennial herb from the Tofieldiaceae, found only on Cerro Sipapo in southwest Venezuela. It is a wild, rarely cultivated species, so there is no established cultivation practice; the care notes below are general guidance for similar wet-tropical perennials.

Family
Tofieldiaceae (Tofieldi family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist, as it grows in wet meadows.
Soil
Moist, humus-rich, well-drained-but-wet mix, slightly acidic.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
SW. Venezuela (Cerro Sipapo)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Harperocallis sipapoensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Tofieldiaceae. It is native to, and named for, Cerro Sipapo, a mountain in Venezuela.

Harperocallis sipapoensis is a perennial or rhizomatous plant, with white tepals, and pendant (hanging) flowers. It was described in 2010, and moved to the genus Harperocallis in 2013.

Where it grows

Harperocallis sipapoensis is native to the wet tropical biome of south-west Venezuela, and is found on Cerro Sipapo. The species is known only from Cerro Sipapo, though it is expected to occur on nearby Cerro Autana.

Other Harperocallis plants

Harperocallis duidae · Harperocallis falcata · Harper's beauty · Harperocallis longiflora · Harperocallis neblinae · Harperocallis paniculata · Harperocallis penduliflora · Harperocallis robustior · Harperocallis schomburgkiana · Harperocallis sessiliflora · Harperocallis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Harperocallis sipapoensis 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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