Aphelandra sulphurea
A little-known Ecuadorian Aphelandra from moist forest on the Amazonian foothills of the Andes, recorded at roughly 430 to 1050 m. Treat it like other understory Aphelandra: warm, evenly moist, very humid and shaded, with nights a few degrees cooler than days. Little is published on the species itself, so most of this profile comes from the measured climate and the genus.
Where it grows wild
Subtropical to tropical moist forest on the eastern Andean foothills of Ecuador, where Aphelandra species usually grow as shrubs in the forest understory and along forest edges. The species is listed as Near Threatened because its forest is being cleared.
Wild records lie between 430 and 1050 m, with a median of 875 m, on the lower eastern slopes of the Andes.
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