Anthurium recavum

A section Calomystrium Anthurium from the Pacific slope of the Cordillera Occidental in Colombia, with narrowly ovate-sagittate, semiglossy leaves whose sunken primary veins give a quilted look, and a purplish spathe with a rosy to purple spadix. It is a cool-intermediate cloud-forest plant that grows on the ground or on trees.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Very humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Terrestrial or epiphytic in wet premontane and montane forest on the Pacific-facing Andean slope.

Recorded 600–2095 m in the literature, 1100–2479 m in GBIF records (median about 1580 m).

Colombia

🔒 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.