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Other Little published: much of this is inferred from related species

Columnea medicinalis

Columnea medicinalis is an epiphytic gesneriad of Colombia and Ecuador, moved from Dalbergaria to Columnea by Kvist and Skog in 1993. Its 483 GBIF records span 50-3000 m (median 1500 m), mostly on the western Andean slope of Ecuador, so it is a plant of wet premontane to montane forest. No site climate was measured, so the targets below are estimated from elevation and genus habits.

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

An epiphyte of wet premontane and montane forest, mostly on the Pacific slope of the Ecuadorian Andes; habitat details are inferred from records and the genus.

Recorded at 50-3000 m, median 1500 m (406 records); most records lie at 1000-2000 m.

ColombiaEcuador

🔒 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.