Phyllagathis rotundifolia

Background In the early 19th century the plants species was first discoverd in Sumatera as Melastoma rotundifolia...

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Background

In the early 19th century the plants species was first discoverd in Sumatera as Melastoma rotundifolia by William Jack, a Scottish botanist and medical practitioner that closely related to the famous S. Raffles. They extensively documenting the rich flora of Indonesia starting from 1818 up until his death in 1825. The species documentation and then recollected and perfected after his passing by C. L. Blume in 1831 as what we known today as Phyllagathis rotundifolia.

This species forming extensive carpets trailing dark under the shady canopy trees around rainforest jungle of Sumatera up until Thailand and Bhurma usually around 20 to 1400 m asl. The iridiscent blue leaf blade are very appealing by the forest floor commonly found on the ridges and wet damp of humus. Vernacularly known by the name Banau, Banal Hutan, Tapak Gajah or Tapak Sulaiman, the leaves decoction are used traditionally to cure fever. The ovate leaves blade can grow up to 45 by 35 cm wide with petioles 2 to 8 mm tight dense between stems, structuraly hairy and red-brown petioles. This herbaceous can grow up to 70 cm long. Sometimes you can find white spots on the juvenile leaves. The flower usually growth in bright purple-pink with penducle grow short and can be found flowering and fruiting all year long. This very creeping jungle floor shrub can definitely added up to your exotic jungle collection.

Care Guide

Origin

Peninsula Thailand to Sumatera

Sun

50% to 70% light intensity and brilliant indirect light are needed.

Temperature/Humidity

Requires 50% up to 80% room humidity, temperate climate between 68°F to 77°F is needed for better grows

Water

Water well on dry/summer every 5 days, please wait until top 3inches soil are dry. Once the watering habit are established for maximum grows, this plant can thrive for very long time. Wait for longer gap between watering in winter as most of the wild specimen has it's habit on defending its life by dormancy. Make sure your plant medium get fairly dry.

Soil

Requires well balanced acidity soil (6.5 to 7 pH) with well drained substrate that rich in organic matters

Nutrition

Balance nutrients is needed, macro and micro nutrients for easy growing experience.

Propagation

Vegetatively propagated succesfully by stem cuttings.

Habit

Terrestrial

Difficulty level

This selected specimen is an easy-to-care plant, once it's acclimated well to its new environment it will thrive with the right nurturing habits.

Pet friendly

This plants sap contains calcium oxalate crystals that could cause skin irritation, and dangerous if diggest. Please be advice to keep it away from you lovely pets.

Environmental threat

Most plants have their defense mechanisms to survive environmental threats happened. It has significant responses to its original habitat. It is considered rare in natural habitats due to habitat loss from human activities.

Habitat/Ecology

Tropical rainforest mainly on wet tropical biome

Elevation Limits (Meter above sea)

Shipping Policy

Permission

Right after you submit the order & contact information, we immediately issue an export permit to the Ministry of Agriculture. This export permit is a compulsory document for phytosanitary requirements. This process usually take 2-3 weeks.

Hygiene assurance

We make sure your plant is free from pest & disease through a laboratory observation and issue the phytosanitary certificate after the inspection.

Phytosanitary document is a compulsory document for all overseas live biota shipping to ensure its hygiene. This process could take up to 7 days.

Shipping

We ship your plant along with the necessary documents with the help of the logistic service.

This process timeline is vary depends on the designated country.

Arrival

Once your plants arrive, please make sure to take care of a just-arrived plant.

Also if you need extra help, we will gladly help you!

Buyer MUST provide an active phone number, many delivery failures are due to the unreachable buyer.
The longest shipping duration most likely due to the customs process please call the vendors due to the shipping delay issue.
Shipping vendors used are DHL Express.
Nusaplant is not liable for any damage caused by the Custom in the designated country.

Shipping to the USA

Shipping over 12 pcs of plants to the USA required an import permit. If your plant order is above 12 pcs. Please submit your import permit to our email

For more information for Import Permit details please go to this site:

https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/importexport

ETA: 6 - 10 days

Shipping to Canada

The buyer is required to provide an import permit for shipping to Canada. Please submit your import permit to our email

ETA: 6 - 14 days

Shipping to the UK (and some European countries)

The buyer is required to provide a PEACH document (Procedure for Electronic Application for Certificates) from the UK government. For more information please go to this site:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/using-the-peach-system-to-import-plants-and-fresh-produce

ETA: 6 - 14 days

Shipping to Europe

Many countries in Europe have different regulations, kindly take a look at your local authority for plant import information.

ETA: 6 - 14 days

Shipping to Singapore

Shipping over 3 pcs required as an import permit. Please submit your import permit to our email

For more information for Import Permit details please go to this site:

https://www.nparks.gov.sg/services/plant-health-services/bringing-plants-and-plant-products-into-singapore

ETA: <7 days

Shipping to Philippine

Shipping over 3 pcs required as an import permit. Please submit your import permit to our email

For more information for Import Permit details please go to this site:

https://www.pntr.gov.ph/fresh-or-dried-in-other-form/

ETA: <10 days

Shipping to Thailand

ETA: <5 days. At a good rate, it can arrive in 1 day.

For other countries

please check the customs or ministry of Agriculture policy in your country. Nusaplant will assist you with this particular process

*ETA (estimated time of arrival) of the plant shipping is the estimated time required for the shipping vendors after we sent it

For custom clearance

Some regions require taxes to be paid by the buyer for customs clearance, the amount depends on the destination country. Customs will retain the plants if it is not fulfilled, please check & fulfill the request from the custom in your country, which is usually sent by email