Species · genus Graptophyllum · Acanthaceae
Caricature-Plant
Graptophyllum pictum (L.) Griff.
Cultivars of G. pictum
The named forms growers keep — each with its own page, each honest about how much we know.
No named cultivars catalogued under G. pictum yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.
Guide
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Graptophyllum pictum is an Acanthaceae shrub native to humid tropical regions across West and Central Africa and the Pacific islands, where it grows in warm, frost-free understory and forest-edge conditions. Give it bright indirect light and warmth, and water when the top inch of mix has dried, letting it approach dryness between waterings rather than staying soggy. It is sensitive to cold and to standing water at the roots.
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
Medium
16–29 °C
Rich, well-draining loamy potting mix
Softwood stem cuttings rooted in warmth
Balanced liquid feed monthly in the growing season
Moderate
Occasional crimson tubular flowers; grown mainly for leaves
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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Add imagesSources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 5-10d) · ai:claude-fable-5
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