Labisia 'Gigantifolia' - tropical plant with ornamental leaves

Labisia 'Gigantifolia' is a tropical collector’s plant, prized for its lush foliage and exotic appearance. Its large leaves, with pronounced texture and deep green coloring, create a luxuriant look and make it well suited to collections of more unusual tropical plants.

It prefers stable conditions, filtered light, and good atmospheric humidity, making it suitable for bright indoor spaces, plant cabinets, or tropical greenhouses.

🌿 Botanical characteristics

• Common name: Labisia 'Gigantifolia'

• Family: Primulaceae

• Plant type: perennial tropical plant, grown for its foliage

• Growth habit: compact to bushy

• Leaves: large and decorative, with a pronounced texture

• Color: deep green

• Growth rate: slow to moderate

• Uses: houseplant, tropical plant collections, greenhouses, and plant cabinets

☀️ Growing conditions and care

• Light: prefers bright, indirect light or bright partial shade; avoid intense direct sunlight

• Watering: moderate and regular; keep the substrate slightly moist, but not waterlogged

• Substrate: rich in organic matter, airy, and well drained

• Humidity: appreciates moderate to high atmospheric humidity

• Temperature: prefers steady temperatures of approximately 20-28°C

• Ventilation: good air circulation is recommended; avoid cold drafts

• Fertilizing: moderate feeding during the active growing season

• Cold tolerance: does not tolerate frost and should be protected from low temperatures

✨ What makes it special

• large, highly decorative leaves

• lush tropical appearance

• well suited to rare plant collections

• prefers filtered light, making it suitable for areas without direct sunlight

• compact, elegant growth habit

• decorative foliage year-round

📌 Note

The appearance of the leaves may naturally vary from one plant to another. Leaves may have small spots, scratches, creases, dry edges, or other cosmetic imperfections resulting from growth, handling, transport, or adjustment to new environmental conditions.

Height including pot: approx. 15-20 cm