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Apocynaceae
Echites panduratus
Echites panduratus
Also known as Fernaldia pandurata, Angadenia pandurata, Fernaldia glabra, Amblyanthera pandurata
Tropical Plants · Edibles & Herbs · Native Plants · Tropical Vine · Apocynaceae · Central America · Twining Vine · Rare · Echites · Specialist Plant · Pollinator Vine · Mexico
Echites panduratus is a rare tropical twining vine from Central America in the dogbane family, best grown in warm, humid climates with partial to dappled shade. It prefers well-draining soil with moderate moisture and benefits from a trellis or support structure to climb. This species is rarely found in cultivation and is best suited to specialist tropical plant collectors.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, allowing the top inch of soil to dry between waterings · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 18 in
- Spacing
- 36 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle
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