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Aroids Partly documented

Arisaema ilanense

A Taiwanese cobra lily described in 1996 from the mountains of northern Taiwan, at 1200 to 1700 m. Like its relatives it is a deciduous tuber of shady, humid montane forest: grow it cool and moist in summer and give it a cold, nearly dry winter rest.

Arisaema ilanense
Photo: Motohiro Sunouchi, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Shaded floor of humid broadleaf montane forest in northern Taiwan, typical for Taiwanese Arisaema. Habitat details are inferred from the genus and the recorded elevations.

Recorded at 1200 to 1700 m, median 1400 m.

Taiwan

🔒 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 4.0 licence, unmodified.