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Aroids Little published: much of this is inferred from related species

Anthurium spathulifolium

An Ecuadorian Anthurium described by Sodiro in 1905 and now Data Deficient, with no wild GBIF occurrence records. Everything here is inferred from one climate point and typical Andean Anthurium culture, so treat it as a starting point.

Anthurium spathulifolium
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest period

Where it grows wild

Unrecorded; the only measured point is in premontane forest near 1200 m on the eastern Andean slope.

No elevation data; the single climate point is about 1200 m.

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.