Anthurium holm-nielsenii

A large Anthurium of western Ecuador with leathery, oblanceolate leaves 76–98 cm long, green to purplish spathes and orange berries. It grows as an epiphyte or occasionally on the ground in wet foothill and premontane forest from about 250 to 2200 m. Grow it as a big, humid, intermediate-to-warm aroid.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Croat's description gives tropical moist and premontane wet forest, where it grows as an epiphyte or terrestrially; one Maquipucuna cloud-forest record is noted as terrestrial. Labels also include river banks and disturbed forest edges.

Recorded at 250–2225 m, median about 1155 m (Pacto area).

Ecuador

🔒 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.