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Leuenbergeria bleo
In Singapore: Rose Cactus, Wax Rose, Jarum Tujuh Bilah, Leaf Cactus, Perescia, Seven Star Needle, 玫瑰麒麟, 樱麒麟, 七星针 (Grown in Singapore)
Rose cactus is a leafy, woody cactus shrub or small tree from shady, moist forests of Panama and Colombia, grown for its rose-like orange to red flowers. Give it bright, filtered light, humus-rich moist soil, and warmth, as it is a forest cactus rather than a desert one.
Leuenbergeria bleo, formerly Pereskia bleo, (rose cactus, leaf cactus) is a leafy cactus, native to the shady, moist forests of Central America, that grows to a woody, prickly shrub about 2 m tall with large, orange flowers resembling rose blossoms.
Leuenbergeria bleo is found by rivers and streams in Panama and Colombia as well as in secondary forest, from sea level to altitudes of 1300 metres.
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[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
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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.
