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Magnolia gloriensis

Magnolia gloriensis is a tree native to humid submontane and lower montane forests of Costa Rica, western Panama and possibly southern Nicaragua. It is rarely grown outside its native range, so care guidance is based on its cool, wet, high-elevation habitat.

Family
Magnoliaceae (Magnolia family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade
Water
Keep soil consistently moist but never waterlogged, as in its humid mountain forest habitat.
Soil
Moist, well-drained, acidic to neutral humus-rich forest soil.
Temperature
12–24 °C; protect from frost and sustained heat above 30 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Nicaragua to Panama
Climate
wet tropical

About

Magnolia gloriensis is a species of plant in the family Magnoliaceae. It is native to the mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama.

Where it grows

Magnolia gloriensis is native to the mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama. It may also range into the mountains of southern Nicaragua, but its presence and range there is not known.

Other Magnolia plants

Cucumber Magnolia · Magnolia amazonica · Tianmu Magnolia · Magnolia aromatica · Ashe's Magnolia · Magnolia biondii · Magnolia sumatrana var. glauca · Magnolia boliviana · Magnolia calimaensis · Magnolia calophylla · Campbell's Magnolia · Magnolia cararensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Magnolia gloriensis 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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