Medinilla magnifica

[King_of_orchid_growing:)]

But why peat and humus?

Why not like an orchid, bark?

Aren't they epiphytes?

Peat suggests it's a bog plant.

Humus suggests it grows on rotting wood or that it grows in topsoil.

Bark suggests it grows on a living tree, like a true epiphyte.

This is weird. Now I wanna know, and I don't even own this plant.

Is it an epiphyte of swamp forests growing on the lower tree trunks of trees or something? That's the only thing that makes sense!

Man, I hope someone on the OB who's actually from the Philippines can answer this question. I've not found a good picture of it in the wild also! How cryptic were the people who first introduced this plant into cultivation?! In my opinion, some secrets should never be honored, and this is one of them!