Anthurium angamarcanum

Anthurium angamarcanum Sodiro is treated by GBIF as a synonym of A. dolichostachyum, a species of western Ecuador and south-western Colombia. The 626 wild records measured here are for that broader species concept. It grows in warm, humid Pacific-slope forest with a drier season from July to September.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

The accepted species occurs in wet to seasonally drier forest on the western Andean slope and adjacent lowlands. The name refers to Angamarca in Cotopaxi, Ecuador. Growth habit was not confirmed from reachable sources; it is treated here as a hemiepiphyte or terrestrial herb of shaded forest.

Records span 20-4000 m, median 950 m; the extremes are probably errors or misidentifications.

ColombiaEcuador

🔒 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.