This large epiphytic shrub has upright light brown 4-angled stems that form a bushy habit. It has deep dark green pointed oblong leaves and the pink saucer-shaped flowers appear in a pendant cluster with bracts from spring to summer. 

Hardiness zones 10 to 12 

Medinilla magnifica is naturally found in the Philippines growing in rainforest trees or terrestrially in organic rich moist well drained soil. It prefers a semi shaded, humid wind protected position and is cold, frost and drought sensitive. 

Rose Grape is grown for its flowers and its foliage. It is planted in tropical gardens along shaded borders as a specimen or placed in forks of trees as an epiphyte in rainforest settings. It establishes in 2 to 3 years and is suitable for coastal regions. It is also used as a low hedge or filler in shrub borders with no direct sun light and as a potted specimen. ID 2954
 
Medinilla (med-ee-NIL-la) magnifica (mag-NIF-ee-ka)

Melastomataceae (MEL-as-TO-ma-TAY-see-ee)