Species · genus Aphelandra · Acanthaceae
Coral Aphelandra
Aphelandra sinclairiana Nees
Also known as: Sinclair's Aphelandra · Panama Queen
Cultivars of A. sinclairiana
The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.
No named cultivars catalogued under A. sinclairiana yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.
Guide
The species-level account. Cultivar pages build on this and say where they differ.
Aphelandra sinclairiana is a shrub to small tree from the warm, humid lowland forests of Central America, where it grows in the dappled light beneath taller canopy. Give it bright indirect light and steady warmth, and water when the top inch of mix has dried, keeping it evenly moist but never soggy. As a forest understory plant it favors higher humidity and steady conditions, so avoid cold drafts and direct midday sun.
Care recipe
The species record — the baseline every cultivar inherits unless it says otherwise.
Care notes are early — not yet verified
- Light
- ai:claude-opus-4-8
- Water
- ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 5-10d)
- Humidity
- ai:claude-opus-4-8
- Soil
- ai:claude-fable-5
- Care
- ai:claude-fable-5
Bright, indirect
≈ every 10 days
High
16–29 °C
Rich, well-draining mix with peat and perlite
Softwood stem cuttings
Balanced liquid feed monthly in spring and summer
Moderate
Showy orange-pink bracts, mostly in warm, bright conditions
Not yet documented
This is where toxicity lives — every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.
Reference images
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No reference gallery yet
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Add imagesSources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 5-10d) · ai:claude-fable-5
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