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Tibouchina duidae

Tibouchina duidae is a flowering shrub-type species in the Melastomataceae family, native to southern Venezuela's wet tropical highlands. Little is documented about its cultivation, so care advice here follows general knowledge of tibouchinas, which need warmth, bright light and steady moisture.

Family
Melastomataceae (Melastomat family)
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during the growing season and reduce watering slightly in winter.
Soil
Well-drained, acidic, peat-based or loamy mix rich in organic matter.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. Venezuela
Climate
wet tropical

About

Tibouchina duidae is a species of flowering plant in the family Melastomataceae, native to Venezuela. It was first described by Henry A. Gleason in 1952.

Other Tibouchina plants

Tibouchina albescens · Tibouchina araguaiensis · Tibouchina aspera · Tibouchina bruniana · Tibouchina catharinae · Tibouchina dissitiflora · Tibouchina edmundoi · Tibouchina fraterna · Tibouchina johnwurdackiana · Tibouchina karstenii · Tibouchina llanorum · Tibouchina mathaei

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tibouchina duidae 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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