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Aroids Partly documented

Anthurium rimbachii

A climbing Anthurium endemic to western Ecuador. It has deeply three-lobed, semi-glossy leaves up to about 58 cm across and dark purple fruit. It grows on the ground or climbs trees in wet lowland and foothill forest, so grow it warm and humid, with support to climb.

Anthurium rimbachii
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, 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 Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodClimber

Where it grows wild

It is a terrestrial or epiphytic climber in tropical moist forest, tropical wet forest and premontane rain forest on the Pacific slope of the Andes.

Wild records run from 80 to 2525 m, median 500 m. Most plants grow in the warm foothills.

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. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 4.0 licence, unmodified.