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Aroids Partly documented

Anthurium radicans

Trailing anthurium

A creeping and climbing anthurium from the wetter lowland Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil, grown by collectors for its trailing habit and attractive foliage. Specimen labels from southern Bahia and northern Espírito Santo describe it as terrestrial with a creeping stem, including in mussununga, a forest on white sand. Treat it as a warm, humid lowland plant that wants to run along the ground or up a low support.

Anthurium radicans
Photo: Instituto Nacional da Mata Atlântica - INMA, CC BY-SA 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 ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodClimber

Where it grows wild

Herbarium labels record it as a terrestrial plant with a creeping stem in Atlantic Forest, in interior forest, on rocky soil and in mussununga (forest on white sand) near Sooretama and São Mateus in Espírito Santo and Itapebi in Bahia. From the ground it roots along its stem and climbs low onto trunks.

Records checked carry no elevation. The localities in southern Bahia and northern Espírito Santo are coastal lowland, mostly below about 200 m.

Brazil (Bahia, Espírito Santo and other wet eastern states)

🔒 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-SA 4.0 licence, unmodified.