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Anthurium dombeyanum

A large, rosette-forming Anthurium of the Andes of Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, with leaf blades that can reach about 1.6 × 0.45 m and a thick spadix up to 75 cm long, green or purple. Unlike most anthuriums it grows mainly on rocks, boulders, cliff edges and rocky slopes, sometimes in seasonally dry forest alongside cacti, so it takes more light and drying than typical rainforest species.

Anthurium dombeyanum
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Collectors record it as a terrestrial or rock-dwelling herb (sometimes epiphytic) on rocky slopes, boulders, cliff edges, river banks and roadcuts, in lower montane moist forest, gallery forest, and dry forest and scrub with Opuntia, Acacia and Ephedra, in both shade and sun.

Recorded from about 225 to 3710 m, with a median of about 2000 m (393 records).

PeruEcuadorBolivia

🔒 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.