Malaysian Orchid | Rose Grape Flower outdoor collectables Will need to be watered

Will need to be watered well during the summer months

Plant biography:

the ‘fruit’ will drop from the tree when ripe

especially taken after food as a digestive

also known as the wax plant

Malaysian Orchid | Rose Grape Flower outdoor collectables Will need to be wateredMedinilla myriantha, often called the 'Malaysian Orchid' is not actually an orchid and nor is it from Malaysia (its endemic to the Phillipines). In its natural habitat it is semi epiphytic so it definitely requires very porous, free draining soil. It sports large, broad lush leaves and puts on a fabulous flower show in late NZ's late autumn, with dangling panicles of beautiful small pinky purple 'grapes' hence its other common name; the Rose Grape