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Anthurium rionegrense

A rock-dwelling Anthurium with cordate, matte, subvelvety leaves, known only from the mountains north of Cintalapa, Chiapas, near the Oaxaca border. It grows on granite and sandstone in semideciduous and deciduous tropical forest at 500–650 m. It is adapted to a hot, strongly seasonal climate with a long dry season.

Anthurium rionegrense
Photo: Consultaplantas, 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 Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows on rock (lithophyte)

Where it grows wild

Rupicolous on granitic rocks in the understory of semideciduous tropical forest, and on sandstone in a dry stream bed in disturbed deciduous forest, alongside Anthurium schlechtendalii.

Known from 500–650 m; the measured records sit at 514–624 m.

Mexico SoutheastMexico Southwest

🔒 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.