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Aphelandra aurantiaca

A widespread Neotropical shrub from Mexico to Bolivia and Amazonian Brazil, grown for its terminal spikes of bright orange-scarlet flowers. It is a warm, humid lowland to premontane forest plant that takes more light than many relatives and flowers best with bright, filtered light.

Aphelandra aurantiaca
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets 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 in the ground

Where it grows wild

Grows in the understory and along edges and clearings of moist to wet lowland and premontane forest, often in secondary growth along streams and trails.

Recorded from sea level to about 2400 m, median 419 m; most records lie below 1000 m.

MexicoBelizeGuatemalaHondurasNicaraguaCosta RicaPanamaColombiaVenezuelaGuyanaSurinameFrench GuianaEcuadorPeruBoliviaBrazil

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✓ 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
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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 2.0 licence, unmodified.