Species · genus Podocarpus · Podocarpaceae

Arius

Podocarpus costalis C.Presl

Also known as: Podocarpus Costalis

Growth habit

shrub

Native range

Nansei-shoto, Philippines, Taiwan

Reference · P. costalis

Cultivars of P. costalis

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

No named cultivars catalogued under P. costalis yet. When growers document a stable, named form, it earns its own page here.

Guide

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Podocarpus costalis is a slow-growing coniferous shrub native to coastal cliffs and headlands of the Nansei-shoto, Philippines, and Taiwan, where it endures wind, sun, and sharp drainage. Give it bright light with some direct sun tolerated, and a gritty, free-draining mix that never stays soggy; water when the top inch or two of mix has dried, roughly every 7 to 14 days. As a coastal plant it handles ordinary household humidity and dislikes sitting in cold, wet soil.

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 7-14d)
Humidity: ai:claude-opus-4-8
Soil: ai:claude-fable-5
Care: ai:claude-fable-5

Light

Bright, indirect

Water

≈ every 14 days

Humidity

Medium

Temperature

15–28 °C

Soil mix

Well-draining, slightly acidic potting mix

Propagation

Semi-hardwood cuttings or fresh seed (both slow)

Fertilizing

Balanced feed monthly in spring and summer

Growth rate

Slow

Flowering

Non-flowering conifer; bears small fleshy cones, rare indoors

ToxicityAuthoritative · species

Not yet documented

This is where toxicity lives — every cultivar of this species inherits it and none can override it.

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Sources: ai:claude-opus-4-8 · ai:claude-opus-4-8 (range 7-14d) · ai:claude-fable-5

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