Medinilla magnifica | Showy | Philippine orchid | 10_Seeds Desert Checkered-Skipper

Medinilla magnifica | Showy | Philippine orchid | 10_Seeds Desert Checkered-SkipperThis is Medinilla magnifica, also known as Showy Medinilla. This is a tropical shrub with woody branched stems. This tropical flower is very fun to look at. It is a tender perennial epiphyte shrub that can get about 6 feet high in regions where it can thrive. An epiphyte grows on another tree for support but does not draw any nutrition from the tree like a parasite would. A epiphyte can live off of nutrients that it takes directly from the air and

Some people use the seeds to make an oil which is edible

known for their stunning triple-toned blooms and adaptability

If the Monarchs and Queens could vote

This is Pueraria tuberosa

This striking plant is native to Mexico

and giant pelican flower

and West African Basil

This is a great plant for attracting hummingbirds to your garden

They are also a larval hosts for the Mexican Yellow

Keep in mind that the more sun it gets the more flowers you will have

Landscape Elegance: Its striking form

and butterflies and the blooms last for a long time so the butterflies will be around for most of the season just because of this long blooming Asclepia