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Melastomataceae
Rose Grape
Medinilla magnifica
Showy elegance, exotic luxury.
- Family
- Melastomataceae
- Genus
- Medinilla
- Native to
- Philippines
- Bloom season
- Spring, Summer
- Type
- Tropical epiphytic shrub
- Height
- 60–120 cm
- Sunlight
- Bright indirect light
- Soil
- Rich, well-drained, humus-rich
- Water
- Moderate; high humidity
- Hardiness
- 10–12
- Lifespan
- Long-lived perennial
Did you know
- Medinilla magnifica produces enormous pendulous clusters of pink flowers hanging beneath broad pink bracts — like a chandelier carved from coral.
- It's an epiphyte in the wild, growing on tree branches in Filipino rainforests rather than in soil.
- Belgium adopted Medinilla magnifica as the flower on its 10,000-franc banknote, one of the few flowers to appear on currency.
- Each flower cluster can carry 100+ small starry blooms and last for many weeks.
- It's one of the most coveted houseplants in Europe, often called 'the Philippine orchid' even though it's not an orchid at all.
Color meanings
Pink
Rare beauty