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Anthurium crystallinum

Crystal anthurium

A velvet-leaved Anthurium (section Cardiolonchium) from wet premontane forest in Colombia and Panama, grown for its dark green leaves with silvery-white veins. Much of what is sold under this name is hybrid, but the wild conditions below suit the species and its close relatives.

Anthurium crystallinum
Photo: Emőke Dénes, 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 ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Shaded understorey of humid lowland to lower-montane rainforest, often on steep slopes and at forest margins. It grows as an epiphyte low on trunks, on rocks or on the ground, on a short stem with a mass of thick roots.

Mostly about 500–1,000 m; the measured records have a median of 900 m, and the higher outliers are probably georeferencing errors.

ColombiaPanamá

🔒 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.