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Aroids Partly documented

Anthurium abelaezii

A Colombian Anthurium described by Croat in 2010, known on GBIF from a single 1997 specimen collected at 1,975 m on the western slope of the Central Cordillera in Valle del Cauca. That site has a cool, humid montane climate. Grow it as a cool-intermediate cloud-forest Anthurium.

At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Very humid airBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Collected along a road east of La Florida toward the Tolima border in Valle del Cauca, in Andean montane forest. Growth habit is not recorded in the sources we reached; many Anthurium there are epiphytes.

The only specimen is from 1,975 m.

Colombia

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app.