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Columnea parviflora

A widespread small-flowered Columnea of wet forest from Costa Rica through Panama to the Colombian Chocó. Collectors describe a hairy epiphyte or hemiepiphyte with reddish hairs, red calyx and small orange to yellow flowers under 2 cm. It is a warm, lowland-to-premontane plant for a humid, bright-shaded enclosure.

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

Epiphyte, hemiepiphyte or occasionally scrambling on low vegetation in forest interior of tropical wet, pluvial and premontane wet forest, reaching mossy cloud forest on ridges.

GBIF records span 5–2,250 m but cluster low, median about 450 m (172 records).

Costa RicaPanamaColombia

🔒 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.