Clusia orthoneura, Clusia Braziliana

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Very rare small shrub with waxy and thick narrow leaves and gorgeous pink flowers with mauve throats that look almost artificial. The flower stays on the plant for a few days. The shrub has naturally round shape and produces thick air-roots at the base of the stem. Blooms from late winter through spring and summer. Cold hardy to zone 9b. Slow growing, perfect container plant or can be gown as a specimen in a small garden.

Similar plants:

• Clusia fluminensis (Dwarf Clusia, Clusia 'Nana')
• Clusia guttifera (Small Leaf Clusia, Dwarf Autograph Tree, Small Leaf Pitch Apple )
• Clusia hilariana (Clusia)
• Clusia lanceolata (Porcelain Flower, Copey, Balsam Apple, Pitch Apple, Cerra cipapao apple)
• Clusia rosea (Copey, Balsam Apple, Pitch Apple, Autograph tree)
• Clusia sp. (Clusia)
• Peperomia clusiifolia, Peperomia obtusifolia var. clusiaefolia (Red Edge Peperomia)
• Sternbergia clusiana (Sternbergia, Autumn Crocus, Autumn Daffodil)