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Aroids Partly documented

Anthurium alturaense

A Panamanian Anthurium described by Croat in 2013 from the Alturas de Nique on the Pirre massif in Darién. It is known from a single collection at about 1,375 m in cloud forest above the old Cana gold mine. Grow it like other cool, very humid cloud-forest anthuriums.

At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Very humid airBand in Plantistry
Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest period

Where it grows wild

Montane cloud forest on the Pirre massif (Alturas de Nique). Growth habit is not recorded in the records we saw.

The type is recorded at 1,375 m.

Panamá

🔒 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.