Anthurium ochreatum

A large terrestrial Anthurium, up to about 1 m tall, endemic to the wet western Andean slopes of Ecuador around Mindo, Maquipucuna and the Chiriboga road. Herbarium labels place it on the floor of premontane and lower montane rain forest, sometimes creeping up trunks or along shady stream banks. It wants cool-intermediate, humid, shady conditions rather than lowland heat.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Collected as a terrestrial herb on the forest floor of premontane wet and montane rain forest, on steep slopes, in riparian cloud forest and on wet shady stream banks; occasionally a vine creeping up trunks.

Records span 90–2400 m, but most sit at 1500–2000 m (median 1700 m) on the western slopes of Pichincha.

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.