Macrocarpaea dies-viridis, the Green Day moon gentian, is a small tree or shrub from the cloud forests of Ecuador's Zamora-Chinchipe Province, known from very few specimens and rarely cultivated. It is best suited to a warm, humid, shaded spot in a greenhouse or conservatory.
Family
Gentianaceae (Gentian family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during growth and let the top layer dry slightly before watering again.
Soil
Free-draining, humus-rich potting mix with added bark or perlite.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 12 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Ecuador (Zamora-Chinchipe)
Climate
wet tropical
About
Macrocarpaea dies-viridis, commonly known as the Green Day moon gentian, is a species of flowering plant in the family Gentianaceae. It is a small tree with thin leaves, a funnel-shaped corolla, and capsule fruits. Each capsule has over 10,000 seeds.
Macrocarpaea dies-viridis is native to Ecuador. It was described in 2007 and named after the band Green Day.
Where it grows
Macrocarpaea dies-viridis is native to the wet tropical biome of Ecuador's Zamora-Chinchipe Province.
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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.