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Meriania ampla is a melastome shrub or small tree from the cloud forests of Ecuador, rarely grown outside its native range. Its care is not well documented, so treat it as a cool, humid, shade-tolerant plant that needs well-drained, acidic soil.
Meriania ampla is a species of plant in the family Melastomataceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Adelobotrys panamensis · Centronia brachycera · Centronia mutisii · Centronia peruviana · Meriania acostae · Meriania almedae · Meriania amplexicaulis · Meriania campii · Meriania costata · Thickbranche Buglelily · Meriania cuneifolia · Meriania denticulata
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Meriania ampla 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.
