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Products > Stigmaphyllon ciliatum   Stigmaphyllon ciliatum - Orchid Vine, Brazilian Golden Vine     [2nd Image] Habit and Cultural Information Category: Vine Family: Malpighiaceae (Malpighias) Origin: Central America (North America) Evergreen: Yes Flower Color: Yellow Bloomtime: Summer/Fall Height: Climbing (Vine) Width: Spreading Exposure: Sun or Shade Irrigation (H2O Info): Medium Water Needs Winter Hardiness: 30-32° F Stigmaphyllon ciliatum (Orchid Vine, Brazilian Golden Vine) – A quick growing, evergreen vine with interesting foliage and beautiful flowers. The oval leaves have distinct widely spaced long hairs looking like eyelashes (hence the specific epithet 'ciliatum') along the leaf margin and in summer and fall, this vine is covered intermittently with clusters of bright, airy, orchid like yellow flowers. Plant in full sun to part shade and give occasional to regular watering. It is not very frost hardy but has rebounded in our garden after tips have frozen down at around 29° F. This is a delicate and interesting vine for mild climates. This plant is often listed as being from Central America but it grows as far south as Brazil. It was in fact noted by Joseph Banks at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1768). The genus name comes from the Latin words 'stigma' for the receptive apex of the pistil of a flower and 'phyla', meaning "leaf" for the leaf-like stigma in the genus and the specific epithet is a reference to the hair-like projections along the leaf margins. We also originally received the related Mascagnia macroptera as a species of Stigmophylon, which it certainly resembles and also previously grew Stigmaphyllon littorale. These three plants seem confused in the nursery trade so we have a comparison image showing these three plants together on our Mascagnia and Stigmaphyllon Comparison Page.  This information is based on research conducted about this plant in our nursery library and from reliable online sources. We also take into consideration observations of it in our nursery of crops, as well as of plants growing in the nursery's garden and those in other gardens we have visited. We will incorporate comments received from others and welcome getting feedback from anyone who may have additional information, particularly if it includes cultural information that would aid others in growing Stigmaphyllon ciliatum.     [MORE INFO]