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Aroids Partly documented

Anthurium gracile

Red pearls anthurium

A small, widespread epiphytic anthurium from Central America to Bolivia and Brazil, known for its hanging strings of bright red berries (the 'red pearls anthurium'). Most wild records are from warm lowland and foothill forest below about 1,300 m, where it grows on trunks and branches, including in gallery forest and secondary growth. It wants warmth, humidity and a very open, fast-draining epiphyte mix.

At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

An epiphyte of humid tropical forest. Colombian specimen labels list it among epiphytes in tall terra-firme forest, gallery (riverside) forest, secondary vegetation and Andean foothill forest. It grows on trunks and branches with its roots in bark, moss and leaf litter that collects around the rosette.

Records with an altitude run from sea level to about 1,900 m, with a median of about 250 m. Most (the 10th to 90th percentile) lie between about 40 and 1,300 m, so it is mainly a lowland and foothill species.

Central America (Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama)Caribbean (Trinidad and Tobago, Hispaniola)Colombia, Venezuela and the GuianasEcuador, Peru and BoliviaBrazil (Amazonia to Mato Grosso and Pernambuco)

🔒 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.