General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 10b +1.7 °C (35 °F) to +4.4 °C (40 °F)
Plant Height: Up to10 feet but can be pruned to desired height and to keep it from becoming leggy.
Plant Spread: 4 to 6 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Other: Fragrance detected in the evening.
Flower Color: Orange
Pink
Red
Other: Up to 8 inch long orange-red bracts with 1 to 2 inch long rose-pink tubular flowers.
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Late spring or early summer
Winter
Wildlife Attractant: Birds
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Pollinators: Other: Hummingbirds
Moths and Butterflies

Image
Common names
  • Coral Aphelandra
  • Panama Queen

Photo Gallery
Location: Washington DC Botanical Conservatory
Date: 2019-01-01
Location: RHS Wisley, Surrey, UK.
Date: 2022-08-04
Location: RHS Wisley, Surrey, UK.
Date: 2022-08-04
Location: Botanical Garden of Berlin
Date: 2022-06-08
Location: Botanischer Garten Berlin
Date: 2023-05-11
Location: New York, NY
Date: 2012-04
Brooklyn bot garden
Location: National Botanical Garden, DC, Virginia :) | May, 2022
Date: 2022-05-28

photo credit: Dkpearson
Location: Botanischer Garten Berlin
Date: 2023-05-11
Uploaded by robertduval14

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