What are the personality traits of the Tiger's Face Flower? Let us take you on a deeper look
The Tiger's Face Flower belongs to the genus Tiger's Face Flower in the family Melastomataceae. It is a perennial evergreen herb with an extremely short stem covered in coarse red hairs, and has a thick, short rhizome that is slightly woody; the leaves are basal, membranous, heart-shaped, with a nearly rounded tip, finely toothed edges, and a heart-shaped base, 20-30 cm long and wide or larger, hairless on the leaf surface and covered with red down on the underside.
Other names of the Tiger's Face Flower
Big Lotus Pod, Bear Paw
The growth habits of the Tiger's Face Flower
In the wild, the Tiger's Face Flower grows in damp, shaded spots beneath dense mountain-valley forests or in the crevices of rocks in humid forests. It likes a hot, humid, semi-shaded environment, is fairly cold-tolerant, is not drought-tolerant, and dislikes direct sunlight.
The main value of the Tiger's Face Flower
Because its leaves are huge, beautifully shaped, and highly shade-tolerant, and its flower buds are small, delicate, bright and fresh, the flowers and leaves set each other off and bring out the best in one another, giving it high ornamental value. It can be used as a high-end foliage plant for indoor and courtyard viewing. For indoor viewing, it can be used to accent living rooms, meeting rooms, bedrooms, balconies, display windows, and so on; when cultivated in courtyards, it is often grown in hidden spots or potted and displayed beneath a gallery.
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