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Anthurium nymphaeifolium

A terrestrial Andean Anthurium from Colombia and Venezuela with glossy, heart-shaped leaves that give it its water-lily name. Herbarium specimens describe it as an upright herb from 40 cm to 1.5 m, growing on the floor of montane, oak and secondary forest, mostly between about 1,400 and 2,200 m. Published species-level detail is thin, so the care targets below lean on the forest type and elevation of its collections.

Anthurium nymphaeifolium
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, 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 ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Colombian herbarium labels record it as a terrestrial herb in forest interior, oak (Quercus) forest, secondary forest and forest margins, with lustrous, cordate, sometimes bicoloured leaves; one lower record is from a dry-forest margin.

The Colombian plant catalogue gives 100–3,750 m, but dated herbarium specimens mostly fall between 1,400 and 2,200 m, ranging from about 730 m to just over 3,000 m.

Colombia (Andes, Pacific slope, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta)Venezuela

🔒 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 2.0 licence, unmodified.