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Anthurium obtusum

Anthurium obtusum is a small-leaved anthurium (blades 3–7 cm) of warm, wet lowland and foothill forest, ranging from Central America to Bolivia and the Guianas. It is related to A. scandens and is easily confused with it, but it has an erect white spathe. It bears white to pale lavender berries. It wants warmth, high humidity, moderate shade and an even water supply.

Anthurium obtusum
Photo: Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi (MPEG), CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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

A small epiphyte in lowland and premontane wet forest, climbing or clinging to trunks. It is also described as growing terrestrially, and it is found at forest edges. The cataphylls persist as fine fibres on the upper nodes.

0–1,940 m in Colombia, and GBIF records reach about 2,450 m. Most records are low: median about 320 m.

BelizeCosta RicaPanamaColombiaEcuadorPeruBoliviaVenezuelaGuyanaSurinameFrench GuianaBrazil North

🔒 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 4.0 licence, unmodified.