Anthurium brownii

An epiphytic Anthurium of wet lowland and premontane forest from Costa Rica to Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela, with long, narrowly triangular leaves up to about 66 cm that have prominent basal lobes. It wants warm, constantly humid conditions, bright shade and an airy, fast-draining epiphyte mix.

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

No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

An epiphyte with a short, thick stem and thick roots, growing in premontane wet and tropical wet forest in Costa Rica, and more rarely in premontane moist and tropical moist forest in Panama. In Colombia it is recorded mainly from the very wet Chocó and Pacific slope, including Utría and Tatamá national parks.

Recorded from sea level to about 1800 m; Wikipedia gives sea level to 1200 m. No wild records were usable, so this was not measured.

Costa RicaPanamaColombiaEcuadorVenezuela

🔒 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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