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Anthurium sodiroanum

A widespread climbing Anthurium from western Colombia and Ecuador, named after the Jesuit botanist Luis Sodiro. It has a rooting stem with long internodes and broadly lanceolate leaves about 40 cm long, and it grows as an epiphyte or climber in wet lowland and foothill forest. It is listed as Least Concern.

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

An epiphyte or terrestrial climber. At Río Ñambí it was recorded both as an epiphyte and as a climber at 1350 m, and the type came from lowland forest at San Miguel de los Colorados.

Wild records run from 38 to 1960 m, median 600 m. The published range is 300–1750 m.

ColombiaEcuador

🔒 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.