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Anthurium oxybelium

A high-Andean Anthurium from Colombia, Ecuador and northern Peru, one of the highest-growing members of the genus. It is common in high-Andean forest, including secondary forest, and reaches the forest edge near the páramo, mostly between about 2100 m and 3900 m.

Anthurium oxybelium
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Cool-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 in the ground

Where it grows wild

Collectors describe it as a terrestrial herb 40–60 cm tall, 'common throughout the secondary forest' in high-Andean forest, and also record it on slopes, as an epiphyte and as a sprawling vine-like herb. Petiole bases are reddish; the spathe is green to yellowish and the fruits are yellow.

Recorded from near 1300 m to 3900 m, with a median of about 3100 m; low outliers are probably misidentifications or errors.

ColombiaEcuadorPeru

🔒 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.