Accession Data
Dischidia pectinoides
Family: Apocynaceae
Country of Origin: Phillipines
Description: Vining plant that produces two types of leaves: small, ovate foliage leaves and large, mussel-shaped saccate leaves. In nature, the saccate leaves are inhabited by a symbiotic colony of ants.
Accession Data
USDA Zone: 11
Accession #: 156
Accession Date: -0001-11-30 00:00:00
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Source: Matt Opel
Culture: tropical epiphyte -- moisten medium when dry, partial shade
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: euasterid I
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
SubFamily: Asclepiadoideae
Tribe: Marsdenieae
References
Personal communication with Matt Opel, Sept 20, 1999
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