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Tibouchina llanorum

Tibouchina llanorum is a flowering shrub or small tree in the Melastomataceae family, native to northern South America. It is not a widely grown ornamental, so care advice here follows general Tibouchina cultivation.

Family
Melastomataceae (Melastomat family)
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly during the growing season and let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, slightly acidic, humus-rich potting mix or garden soil.
Temperature
18-30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. Trop. America
Climate
wet tropical

About

Tibouchina llanorum is a species of flowering plant in the family Melastomataceae, native to Bolivia, north Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela. It was first described by John Julius Wurdack in 1964.

Other Tibouchina plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tibouchina llanorum 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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