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Aroids Partly documented

Arisaema echinatum

A Himalayan cobra lily from Nepal, Bhutan, north-east India, Tibet and south-central China, recorded around 2,800–3,100 m. It grows through a cool, wet monsoon summer and spends a hard, frosty, dry winter dormant underground as a tuber.

Arisaema echinatum
Photo: Swallowtail Garden Seeds from Santa Rosa, California, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Generalised from high Himalayan Arisaema: montane forest, forest margins and shrubby slopes, in humus-rich soil under partial shade.

Recorded at 2,800–3,080 m, so cool summers and freezing winters.

NepalBhutanAssamTibetYunnanSichuan

🔒 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. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY 2.0 licence, unmodified.