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Palicourea lobbii

Palicourea lobbii is a shrub in the coffee family (Rubiaceae) found only in Ecuador, where it grows in wet tropical forest. Little cultivation information exists, so care advice is general and assumes conditions similar to its native habitat.

Family
Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during growth and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Rich, well-draining, slightly acidic humus-based mix.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 10 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Ecuador
Climate
wet tropical

About

Palicourea lobbii is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador.

The plant is named after William Lobb (1809 – 1864), the English plant collector.

Other Palicourea plants

Palicourea anderssoniana · Palicourea anianguana · Palicourea asplundii · Palicourea azurea · Palicourea bracteocardia · Palicourea calantha · Palicourea calothyrsus · Palicourea calycina · Palicourea canarina · Palicourea candida · Palicourea consobrina · Palicourea corniculata

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Palicourea lobbii 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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