Sign in Start free
Species library › Aphelandra › Aphelandra campanensis
Other Partly documented

Aphelandra campanensis

A fairly well-collected Aphelandra of Panama and Caribbean Costa Rica, from lowland rainforest up to about 1,000 m, notably around El Valle and Cerro Campana. It is a warm, humid understory shrub that tolerates a short drier spell from January to March.

At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Recorded in wet lowland and premontane forest on both slopes of Panama and in Caribbean Costa Rica, with many records from the hills of Coclé and Panamá Oeste. Likely a terrestrial understory shrub, inferred from the genus.

12–1,067 m, median 600 m.

Costa RicaPanamá

🔒 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

Grow Aphelandra campanensis? Add it to a free garden and its full profile opens. Pro opens all 38,374 profiles in the library, plants and fungi.

Start free Sign in

More Aphelandra

Aphelandra longiflora Aphelandra schottiana Aphelandra sinclairiana Aphelandra albinotata Aphelandra anderssonii Aphelandra attenuata Aphelandra azuayensis Aphelandra chrysantha Aphelandra cinnabarina Aphelandra dodsonii Aphelandra galba Aphelandra guayasii All 212 →

Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app.