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Columnea caudata

A Colombian Columnea described in 2013 by Amaya and Kvist, recorded from the western Andes and the Pacific slope. It lives in warm, very wet forest at low to middle elevations and needs steady warmth and near-saturated air.

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

The Colombian plant catalogue places it in the Andean and Pacific biogeographic regions of western Colombia. As in most Columnea it is presumably an epiphyte of shaded, mossy trunks; details of its habit are not in sources we could reach.

Catalogued at 400–1900 m. GBIF records span 700–2056 m with a median of 700 m (7 records with elevation).

Colombia

🔒 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.