Dischidia puberula
A small, fleshy-leaved Dischidia found only in the Mariana Islands (Guam, Rota and Saipan). It festoons tree trunks, including coconut palms, in limestone and volcanic forest. It is a warm-growing lowland epiphyte for bright, humid conditions. Water it freely in growth, and let it dry a little between waterings as it would in the islands' drier months.
Where it grows wild
An epiphytic climbing subshrub with warty, finely hairy stems that root at the nodes as they creep over bark. It is recorded on trees in the limestone forest of northern Guam and in the volcanic south, and is often seen on coconut palm trunks. Such trunks and forest edges are fairly bright, and the thick, succulent leaves reflect that exposure.
The records carry few elevations. The one climate site sits at about 150 m, and Guam's forests run from near sea level to a few hundred metres, so treat it as a lowland plant.
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