Medinilla magnifica Lindl.

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Medinilla magnifica, the showy medinilla or rose grape, is a species of epiphytic flowering plant, of the family Melastomataceae, native to the Philippines. Various cultivars and hybrids of this species, genus and family are well-known and have grown to be popular with plant collectors; the species Medinilla speciosa is equally as popular.

Description

The plant grows up to 3 m tall, with opposite, firm, leathery leaves, which grow to 20–30 cm long in an ovate shape with a short point. The flowers grow in panicles up to 50 cm long, with ovid pink bracts. The individual flowers are up to 25 mm in size, and are pink, red or violet. The fruits are violet, fleshy berries, about 1 cm wide.

In the Philippines M. magnifica grows in the forks of large trees. It is an epiphyte, which is a plant that grows on other trees but does not withdraw its food from those trees as parasites do. As a fertilized seed, the plant initially finds itself deposited, or landing, into an area of accumulated leaf debris, moss and other plant detritus in the crook of a larger tree or plant. From there, it sprouts new growth and begins to root and anchor itself, drawing nutrition from the decaying detritus around its base.

Medinilla magnifica - Wikipedia