Anthurium punctatum

A lowland epiphytic Anthurium of western Ecuador and the Colombian Pacific coast, with narrow, lanceolate, leathery leaves 35–50 cm long that are densely black-dotted underneath. It grows on shaded tree limbs in warm, wet forest, so treat it as a hot, humid, shade-loving epiphyte. It is listed as Vulnerable because much of its forest has been cleared.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Collected as an epiphyte on the side of a shaded tree limb at Río Palenque and in lightly disturbed hill forest near Centinela and Manabí. These are warm, wet lowland and foothill forests of the Pacific slope.

Wild records run from 5 to 1325 m, median 450 m; the type came from about 465 m in Manabí.

EcuadorColombia

🔒 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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