Species · genus Gardenia · Rubiaceae

Tahitian Gardenia

Gardenia taitensis DC.

Also known as: Tiaré Flower

Growth habit

shrub or tree

Native range

Fiji, Niue, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu, Wallis-Futuna Is.

Reference · G. taitensis

Cultivars of G. taitensis

The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.

No named cultivars catalogued under G. taitensis 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.

An evergreen shrub or small tree native to the warm, humid islands of the South Pacific, where it grows in bright but often filtered light near coasts. It prefers steady warmth and elevated humidity, with an even but not waterlogged root zone. Water when the top inch of mix has dried, allowing brief drying between waterings rather than keeping it constantly wet.

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

Light

Bright, indirect

Water

≈ every 10 days

Humidity

High

Temperature

18–29 °C

Soil mix

Acidic, well-draining organic mix

Propagation

Semi-hardwood cuttings

Fertilizing

Acid-formula feed monthly in the growing season

Growth rate

Moderate

Flowering

Fragrant white flowers in warm, bright conditions

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

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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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 5-10d) · ai:claude-fable-5

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