Melastomataceae
Medinilla blumeana
Medinilla blumeana
Zones 5–9Sun Partial SunWater ModerateCare High
Tropical Plants · Indoor Plants · Native Plants · Medinilla · Tropical · Epiphyte · Houseplant · Rare · Humid · Melastomataceae · Exotic · Flowering
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Currently out of stock everywhereStock updated 9/6/2026
This stunning tropical Medinilla requires very high humidity and consistent warmth to thrive indoors. Provide bright, indirect light and keep soil evenly moist while ensuring excellent drainage. Best grown in a humid greenhouse or terrarium environment.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist but well-draining, high humidity essential · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- High
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -10°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
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Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 10 ft – 20 ft
- Spread
- 10 ft
- Spacing
- 24 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Caroline Is.
Sources: trefle
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