This rhizomatous perennial has upright greenish stems and forms a clump. It has a dark green lanced shape leaves and the small deep violet bell-shaped flowers appear in a dense upright cluster during summer.

Hardiness zones 11 to 12

Dichorisandra reginaeis naturally found in South America growing in south-eastern Brazil in tropical forests.

It prefers a well drained organic rich moist fertile soils that are tending acidic in a shaded to semi shaded humid position with wind, drought and frost protection.

The Queen's Spiderwort is grown for its foliage and flowers. It is planted along borders for foliage contrast in tropical settings or grown as a container plant and in cold climates regions under glass. It is suitable for coastal or inland humid regions establishing in 2 to 4 years from division and is long lived. It is also grown in rainforest settings tolerating moist conditions. ID 3138

Dichorisandra(dy-kor`I-SAN-dra) reginae(reh-JEEN-eye)

Commelinaceae(ko-mel-ih-NAY-see-ee)
Spiderwort Family