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Anthurium crenatum

Scalloped laceleaf

A robust Caribbean Anthurium from Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Hispaniola. It grows as a rosette of leathery leaves up to about 1 m long, with wavy, scalloped (crenate) edges. It comes from warm, seasonally dry island forest, so it is tougher, likes more light and copes with drought better than most collector Anthuriums.

Anthurium crenatum
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, 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 Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on rock (lithophyte)

Where it grows wild

Grows in island forests of the northern Caribbean, in both drier and moister forest. It is often found on rocks and rocky slopes, and sometimes low on trees. Detailed microhabitat notes for this species were not found in the sources available.

No elevation data was measured, and none was found in the sources. It is mainly a lowland to low-hill species of the islands.

Puerto RicoU.S. Virgin IslandsBritish Virgin IslandsDominican Republic

🔒 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.