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Columnea chiricana

A cool-growing Columnea of the Talamanca and Chiriquí highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama, found at 1750–2500 m. It needs cool days, cold nights and cloud-forest humidity, and it suffers in ordinary warm rooms.

At home, aim for
Day Cool-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

Records come from upper montane cloud forest in the Chiriquí and Talamanca highlands. As in most Columnea it is presumably an epiphyte on mossy trunks and branches; its precise microhabitat is not documented in sources we could reach.

GBIF records span 1750–2500 m with a median of 2250 m (29 records).

Costa RicaPanamá

🔒 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.