Anthurium schlechtendalii

A large bird's-nest anthurium from the lowlands of southern Mexico and northern Central America, with a rosette of big dark green leaves, white aerial roots and a long slender spadix that ripens into red berries. It grows on the ground among limestone outcrops, on rocks and as an epiphyte, in forests that range from seasonally dry to flooded and even mangrove. It is a tough, adaptable plant that wants warmth, bright filtered light and a drier winter.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Herbarium labels describe it as a terrestrial and epiphytic herb in tropical deciduous forest, semi-evergreen forest, seasonally flooded forest and mangrove (including on Rhizophora mangle). Many collections are from karst country, on brown soil with rocky outcrops, organic matter and leaf litter. Much of the range, especially the Yucatán Peninsula, has a marked dry season when the forest partly loses its leaves.

Mostly lowland: recorded from near sea level to 1740 m, median 388 m, with most specimens between about 20 and 400 m. The -55 m minimum is a data error.

BelizeGuatemalaHondurasMexico GulfMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestNicaragua

🔒 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 3.0 licence, unmodified.