Medinilla cummingii - Medinilla
By Delonix1
23 Jan, 2009
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Medinilla is a beautiful tropical flowering shrub. Pic taken Jan. 17, 2009 in Botanical Building in Balboa Park.
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This is beautiful.
I love the colour :o)
27 Jan, 2009
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Marguerite,
I have this plant myself...it has flowered for many years...however, this year it didn't bloom. This Genus tends to grow as an epipyte in nature.
You may have the Medinilla magnifica...which is even more beautiful than this species because it has large pink bracts before it flower and during flowering. It is ULTRA tropical and I don't know of any growing outside in San Diego. It doesn't like temps below 65 degrees F. / 18 degrees C. and may be cold-damaged below this temp.
25 Jan, 2009