Tropical Filipino shrub with insignificant small yellow tubular flowers surrounded by enormous showy pink or white leaf-like enlarged sepals that provide the long-lasting display.
Hardiness ratings
| System | Rating | Temperature range | How to read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| USDA hardiness zone | Zone 10–12 | −1.1 °C to 15.6 °C | Plant tolerates down to this zone |
| RHS hardiness rating | H1c | 5 °C to 10 °C | Plant needs at least this level of cold tolerance |
| Canadian plant hardiness zone | Zone 9 | −1 °C and warmer | Plant tolerates down to this zone |
| Australian (ANBG) zone | Zone 4–7 | 0 °C and warmer | Plant tolerates down to this zone |
Growing notes
- Native to the Philippines — widely grown across tropical Southeast Asia
- Display is the enlarged sepals (not the flowers) — they last for weeks and provide a long ornamental display
- Frost-tender — strictly tropical cultivation, struggles below zone 10
- Cultivar ‘Queen Sirikit’ has soft salmon-pink bracts and is the standard commercial form
- Not reliably hardy outdoors in Canada — Canadian zone values shown represent the system maximum and do not imply garden cultivation north of the warmest coastal pockets.
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