Anthurium cutucuense

An endangered Anthurium endemic to the Cordillera de Cutucú and nearby ranges of south-eastern Ecuador, growing in montane wet forest at about 1,500–3,000 m. It is a climbing hemiepiphyte (a climber that roots in the ground and then clings to trees) with three-part, strongly quilted leaves and a bright red midrib. It is a cool cloud-forest plant that wants mild days, cool nights, very humid moving air and something to climb.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets 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

It grows in montane moist and wet forest (cloud forest). It is a hemiepiphytic or epiphytic vine reaching 8 m, occasionally terrestrial, with reddish, green-spotted stems.

Recorded at 1,542–3,000 m. GBIF specimens with elevations fall between about 1,660 and 2,800 m, with a median near 2,000 m.

Ecuador: Morona-SantiagoEcuador: Zamora-Chinchipe

🔒 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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