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Medinilla magnifica
Also called Pink Medinilla, Rose Grape, Pink Lantern
In Singapore: Javanese Rhododendron, Love Plant, Rose Grape, Magnifica Medinilla, Showy medinilla, Kapa-kapa, 粉苞酸脚杆 (Grown in Singapore)
Showy medinilla is an epiphytic shrub or small tree from the Philippines that grows in the forks of other trees, prized for its large pink bract flower clusters. It needs warmth, high humidity and bright but shaded light to thrive, and is usually grown indoors or in a greenhouse outside the tropics.
Medinilla magnifica, the showy medinilla or rose grape, is a species of epiphytic flowering plant, of the family Melastomataceae, native to the Philippines. Various cultivars and hybrids of this species, genus and family are well-known and have grown to be popular with plant collectors; the species Medinilla speciosa is equally as popular.
In the tropics, it is grown as a perennial. It is also a common house plant in cooler climes. King Baudouin of Belgium was a big devotee of Medinilla. He grew them in the royal conservatories and they were depicted on the bank note of 10,000 Belgian francs.
In temperate zones, medinillas must be grown as indoor houseplant specimens or kept under protection all year round, as they will not survive temperatures dropping below 15 °C (59 °F). In USDA hardiness zones 10–12, it is possible to keep them outside all year, albeit under protection from excess hot sun, wind and cold. The plant requires high humidity levels, and prefers bright but indirect light, with shading and protection from the sun (especially at the hottest time of the day). It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
[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]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Medinilla magnifica 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.
