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Columnea florida

An epiphytic gesneriad of wet lowland and foothill forest from Nicaragua through Costa Rica and Panama to western Colombia and Ecuador. When it flowers, the leaves beside the flowers develop a pair of bright red spots near their tips, which guide hummingbirds to the tubular flowers. It wants warm, constantly humid conditions with no dry season.

At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets 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

Epiphytic on trunks and branches in primary and little-disturbed tropical wet forest, very mossy forest, cloud forest on ridges and forest edges, often on forested slopes and near streams.

Specimen labels range from near sea level in Chocó to about 1450 m in Antioquia, with most between 200 and 1100 m; the median recorded elevation is about 800 m.

Nicaragua: Río San JuanCosta Rica: Pacific slope (Osa Peninsula, Golfito, Piedras Blancas, Fila Costeña, Los Santos)Panama: Darién, Kuna Yala and Panamá provincesColombia: Chocó and AntioquiaEcuador (a few records)

🔒 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.