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Marcgravia grandifolia

Marcgravia grandifolia is a climbing liana from the Marcgraviaceae family, endemic to Ecuador, found in wet lowland tropical forests. It needs warm, humid, shaded conditions with support to climb on.

Family
Marcgraviaceae (Marcgravi family)
Grows as
Climber
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist and never waterlogged; water more in the growing season.
Soil
Well-draining, humus-rich mix with peat or bark.
Temperature
20–30 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Ecuador
Climate
wet tropical

About

Marcgravia grandifolia is a species of plant in the Marcgraviaceae family. It is endemic to Ecuador.

Where it grows

The plant's natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Other Marcgravia plants

Marcgravia crassiflora · Marcgravia evenia · Marcgravia polyadenia · Marcgravia umbellata

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Marcgravia grandifolia 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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