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Columnea capillosa

A little-known epiphytic gesneriad of the eastern Andean foothills of Ecuador, described by Kvist and Skog in 1993; the name means 'hairy'. Records cluster around 900 m in wet, warm premontane forest, so it wants warm days, mild nights and constantly moist air.

Columnea capillosa
Photo: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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 on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Recorded in wet premontane forest on the Amazonian slope of the Ecuadorian Andes (Napo and Pastaza area). Like most Columnea it is presumably a hummingbird-pollinated epiphyte of shaded trunks and branches; its exact microhabitat is not documented in sources we could reach.

GBIF records span 720–1878 m with a median of 900 m (38 records).

Ecuador

🔒 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-SA 2.0 licence, unmodified.