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Columnea ericae

A common Andean Columnea from Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, with hundreds of records from lowland to upper montane forest. Collectors note pale yellow tubular flowers and leaves with red tips on the underside, markings thought to attract hummingbirds. It is a hanging epiphyte suited to a humid, intermediate-temperature setup.

Columnea ericae
Photo: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Field notes describe it hanging over trails in Andean forest, often in cool, cloudy conditions, with pale yellow flowers 8-10 cm long and leaves tipped red beneath. It grows as an epiphyte, sometimes recorded as a herb near the ground.

Records span 50-2800 m, median 1000 m (720 records). The extremes may include misidentified or poorly georeferenced material; most plants grow in premontane forest.

ColombiaEcuadorPeru

🔒 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.