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Anthurium scandens

The most widespread Anthurium in the Americas, a small climbing epiphyte found from Mexico and the Caribbean to southeastern Brazil and Bolivia. It has small elliptic leaves on creeping, rooting stems and gives showy clusters of white to lavender-white berries after flowering. It is variable across its huge range, so the origin of your plant (lowland or cloud forest) matters more than for most species.

At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Epiphyte on trunks and branches in humid forest, from lowland Atlantic Forest and Amazon margins to montane cloud forest and forest fragments (capão de mata) in the Brazilian highlands.

Sea level to about 2,500 m; herbarium specimens range from coastal Pernambuco (0 m) to the Bolivian Yungas cloud forest at 2,200-2,470 m.

MexicoCentral AmericaCaribbeanColombiaVenezuelaEcuadorPeruBoliviaBrazil

🔒 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.