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Miconia castillensis

Miconia castillensis is a montane shrub in the Melastomataceae family, endemic to Ecuador and found in moist high-altitude forests and grasslands. It is rarely grown in cultivation, so care guidance is limited to general knowledge of cool-tropical Miconia shrubs.

Family
Melastomataceae (Melastomat family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during the growing season and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-draining, humus-rich potting mix or loam with added organic matter.
Temperature
12–24 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Ecuador
Climate
montane tropical

About

Miconia castillensis is a species of plant in the family Melastomataceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.

Other Miconia plants

Miconia crenata · Johnnyberry · Miconia secunpastazana · Miconia subseriata · Miconia abbreviata · Miconia aequatorialis · Miconia albicans · Miconia aligera · Miconia alpina · Miconia ascendens · Miconia asplundii · Miconia aspratilis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Miconia castillensis 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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