Anthurium acanthospadix

A Colombian Anthurium named for its spiny-looking spadix, known from a few collections in Antioquia around 1450 m and one from the Chocó coast. Little is published beyond the description, so conditions come from the measured wet premontane climate.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Herbarium labels say only that it is herbaceous with a brown spadix. Most records come from wet premontane forest on the western Andean slope of Antioquia, one from lowland Chocó rainforest. Growth form is unconfirmed.

Six of seven records are from about 1450–1475 m in Antioquia; one is from 11 m near the Pacific coast.

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.