Arisaema calcareum

A Yunnan cobra lily recorded at about 2100–2350 m, with a cool summer-monsoon climate and a cold, dry winter. Treat it as a hardy-ish summer-growing tuber: cool humid summers in bright shade, and a cold dry winter rest.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

The epithet suggests limestone; it likely grows in shaded humus pockets on limestone slopes or in montane broadleaf forest, typical for Yunnan Arisaema. No detailed habitat account was reachable.

Recorded elevations 2100–2350 m (median 2200 m, 3 records); one of the two climate sites sits lower at about 1640 m.

Yunnan

🔒 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 Arisaema calcareum? 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 Arisaema

Arisaema triphyllum Arisaema macrospathum Arisaema pusillum Arisaema quinatum Arisaema heterophyllum Arisaema stewardsonii Arisaema acuminatum Arisaema flavum Arisaema candidissimum Arisaema dracontium Arisaema amurense Arisaema ringens All 224 →

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