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Columnea linearis

A lowland Central American Columnea with narrow, linear leaves and reddish-pink tubular flowers, growing as an epiphyte in wet forest, often over streams. It needs warmth, high humidity and bright shade.

Columnea linearis
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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

An epiphytic subshrub on trees in lowland and premontane wet forest, including trees overhanging fast streams and moist forest along rivers in Costa Rica and Nicaragua.

Recorded from near sea level to about 1700 m, median about 325 m.

Costa RicaHondurasNicaragua

🔒 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.