Anthurium balaoanum

An Anthurium of coastal western Ecuador, widely collected from Esmeraldas and Manabí (Mache-Chindul, Bilsa, around Pedernales) south to El Oro and Loja. It grows in tropical moist and wet forest on the coastal hills, with records reaching drier forest edges. The climate is warm with a pronounced dry season from July to November, softened by coastal fog.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Collected in premontane wet forest (Bilsa), primary forest on hills near the sea, tropical moist and wet forest along the coast, disturbed forest and occasionally at the edge of dry forest. One label records it as terrestrial.

Recorded from 50 to 2200 m, median 400 m (100 records).

Ecuador

🔒 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.