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Columnea microphylla

A small-leaved, trailing Columnea from Costa Rica's middle elevations, with long pendent stems and red-orange tubular flowers. It is grown as a hanging-basket gesneriad; these conditions come from the measured climate and general Columnea care.

Columnea microphylla
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Humid forest at middle elevations, mostly on the Costa Rican central mountains. Columnea of this type grow as epiphytes with pendent stems hanging from trunks and branches.

Recorded at 50–1600 m, median 1000 m (79 records).

ColombiaCosta 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-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.