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Monopyle ecuadorensis

Monopyle ecuadorensis is a little-known Gesneriad (African violet family) species endemic to Ecuador, found in tropical and subtropical moist forests. It is rarely cultivated, so care advice is inferred from related Gesneriaceae grown in warm, humid, shaded conditions.

Family
Gesneriaceae (African violet family)
Light
Bright indirect, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist but never soggy; let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Loose, well-draining, humus-rich mix such as peat or coir with perlite and some bark.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 13 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Ecuador
Climate
wet tropical

About

Monopyle ecuadorensis is a species of plant in the family Gesneriaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Other Monopyle plants

Monopyle paniculata · Monopyle sodiroana · Monopyle stenoloba · Monopyle

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Monopyle ecuadorensis 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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