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Columnea lepidocaula

Columnea lepidocaula is an epiphytic gesneriad endemic to Costa Rica, mostly from mid-elevation cloud forest. Little has been published on it beyond its description and herbarium records, so this profile is built mainly from the measured climate at its collection sites and from how related epiphytic Columnea grow.

Columnea lepidocaula
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 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
Expects a seasonal restGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Recorded mainly from premontane and lower-montane cloud forest in Costa Rica's northern and central cordilleras. Like most Columnea it grows as an epiphyte on mossy trunks and branches in humid forest; the specific microhabitat is not documented in sources we could reach.

Recorded at 0–2840 m, median 1520 m; most records are around 1500 m.

Costa Rica

🔒 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 2.0 licence, unmodified.