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Anthurium tenuicaule

A small, slender-stemmed Anthurium from the western Andean slopes below Cuenca, Ecuador. Its stem reaches about 1.5 m, and its lanceolate leaves are only 15–20 cm long. It is Critically Endangered and known from dense moist forest, with very little recorded about its ecology.

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

Recorded in dense moist forest on the western slopes of the Andes of Cuenca, at Chaca-yacu and Huahuiducal. Its slender stem up to 1.5 m long suggests it creeps or climbs over trunks.

No elevations are recorded.

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.