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Anthurium clavigerum

A giant climbing Anthurium of lowland rainforest from Honduras to Brazil. Its deeply lobed, palmate leaves can reach 2 m across, the largest of any Central American Anthurium. It climbs trunks for several metres as a hemi-epiphyte. It needs space, warmth, humidity and a sturdy support to reach adult form.

Anthurium clavigerum
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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 periodClimber

Where it grows wild

A climbing epiphyte or hemi-epiphyte of wet tropical lowland forest. It roots along tree trunks in the lower and middle canopy, and its leaves hang in the forest interior. Observations include La Selva and Sarapiquí in Costa Rica, the Osa Peninsula, central Panama and Amazonian Ecuador (Cuyabeno, Orellana).

The observations sampled have no elevations, but all the localities (La Selva, Osa, Colón, Cuyabeno) are lowland, roughly 0-500 m. It probably extends into the lower foothills.

HondurasNicaraguaCosta RicaPanamaColombiaEcuadorPeruBrazil

🔒 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. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 4.0 licence, unmodified.