Had to look that up - so pretty!

Unfortunately, I've never encountered this plant in real life....

I have 3 different kinds in zone 9a I keep mine in pots and overwinter in my greenhouse. I just got the medinilla magnifica this year. This post reminded me that I need to put it in a larger pot. The Myriantha seems the most hardy and tolerates more sun and abuse than the others lol. I pot them in a mix of perlite, m grow or jungle growth potting soil, and medium or small orchid mix plus add a little osmocote and milorganite to it. They really like a fast draining mix. I believe they are epiphytic in nature. They don't like to have wet feet at all. I noticed that in the stores they are notoriously mislabled. The Myriantha was labeled as magnifica and the orange M. scortechinii as something else too (I think it was just labeled as M.'Coral'. The magnifica was labeled as "Lalique".

Here are a pic of the M. scortechinii (Orange- hmm thought I had a better pic of this one lol) and a few of the M. Myriantha (hot pink). I haven't taken a pic of the magnifica yet. I will see if its blooming or has berries tomorrow.

Hi

I happened to run accross a website that offered 5 types of them. So renewed my interest The magnifica is certainly the most interesting but also the most difficult to grow naturally lol Thanks for the pix!! gary

My mednilla (looks like fawnridge's type) survived life in a pot in light-to-medium shade, for maybe 6 years, though it rarely bloomed (i.e., it's a tough plant). Finally planted it and it bloomed. Hope it will keep growing. Wants to lie on the ground, so I have it propped.

I found my Medinilla Magnifica the other day. I had to cover it because it got down to 36F. Something has been eating the leaves and has eaten many of them off. It was really bushy before.

What eats Medinilla leaves? I haven't seen any grasshoppers lately and didn't find any beetles or caterpillars on the plant.

So sorry! The leaves on mine have had small holes (with white edges) in the leaves this month... never noticed before.

I think it will be okay lol. I just noticed a few of my variegated monsteras leaves have been mostly eaten as well. It must be a caterpillar or grasshopper even though I haven't seen any, cuz they were big leaves. Hmm.

Snails loved mine. Try some sluggo around the base and see if that helps. You will need to reapply after rains. I am seeing a ton of snail activity here and my damage mimics yours. They also love my ti plants.