Medinilla magnifica
naturalizedMelastomataceae

Medinilla magnifica

Rose Grape

Naturalized (non-native)non-native

Introduced and now reproducing on its own in the wild.

Medinilla magnifica, showy medinilla, is a species in the genus Medinilla native to the Philippines. This species of Medinilla is also commonly known as the Philippine orchid, and it is an epiphyte. Various species and hybrids in this family are well known and popular with plant collectors with Medinilla speciosa or the Showy Asian Grape plant being found almost identical.

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Seasonality

Only 5 phenology-annotated observations exist for this species in Hawaiʻi — too few to describe a season. No window is inferred.

Gallery · 6 · iNaturalist
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Where documented · 56 ahupuaʻa
documented occurrences · iNaturalist + GBIF · iNaturalist 129 · GBIF 51 records
Kapoho · HawaiʻiiNat 17 · GBIF 10
Onomea · HawaiʻiiNat 8 · GBIF 4
Kahaliʻi · HawaiʻiiNat 10 · GBIF 2
Waikīkī · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 8
Keʻei 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 8 · GBIF 2
Wailua · HawaiʻiiNat 4 · GBIF 2
Piʻihonua · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2
Kamaʻeʻe · HawaiʻiiNat 3 · GBIF 2
Waipiʻo · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 2
Honolulu · OʻahuiNat 3 · GBIF 1
Kula · HawaiʻiiNat 2 · GBIF 1
Kaiwikinui · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Honuaʻula · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Keonepokoiki · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Punahoa 2 · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kaupakuea, Makea · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Waiākea · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1
Kalaoa · HawaiʻiiNat 1 · GBIF 1