Malaysian Orchid | Rose Grape Flower outdoor collectables also known as the wax

also known as the wax plant

Plant biography:

especially taken after food as a digestive

foundations and other prominent locations around the home

the ‘fruit’ will drop from the tree when ripe

Malaysian Orchid | Rose Grape Flower outdoor collectables also known as the waxMedinilla 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