Medinilla succulenta full shade with narrow leaves

with narrow leaves

heavily armed with large

One of the smallest of the ionantha forms

Not for direct sun

The leaves are light green with dark green mottling overlaid with bright pink

Medinilla succulenta full shade with narrow leavesAn interesting and somewhat obscure member of the Melastomataceae that contains many much more familiar species. This species is an epiphyte that lives in the moist to wet tropical forests of Indonesia, our specimen originating in Borneo. A compact shrub like plant that superficially resembles Hydnophytum, but without the caudex base. The foliage is borne on slender branches, oblong leathery leaves that are lime green. The flowers are borne in