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Anthurium hookeri

bird's nest anthurium

A bird's nest anthurium of the Lesser Antilles, Trinidad, Venezuela and the Guianas, with upright rosettes of leathery leaves up to about 89 cm long dotted with tiny black glands and white berries. It grows as an epiphyte or on boulders and slopes in wet forest. Most plants sold as 'Anthurium hookeri' are hybrids, not this species.

Anthurium hookeri
Photo: Oeropium, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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

Humid tropical rainforest, including ravines and valleys, as an epiphyte on tree trunks, on large boulders in forested hills, or terrestrially on forest slopes.

Reported from about 200–1,450 m; GBIF elevations cluster at 350–825 m, median about 550 m.

Lesser AntillesTrinidad and TobagoVenezuelaGuyanaSurinameFrench Guiana

🔒 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 3.0 licence, unmodified.