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Aroids Partly documented

Dracontium spruceanum

A tuberous Neotropical aroid from Costa Rica to Amazonian Peru and Brazil that sends up a single large, divided leaf on a mottled petiole, like a New World Amorphophallus. It grows in warm lowland forest and rests periodically as a dormant tuber.

Dracontium spruceanum
Photo: Matilda Smith, Public domain, 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 ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Understory of lowland and foothill rainforest on moist soil. Species details are thin; this follows the genus.

Median recorded elevation 450 m; records above about 1500 m are likely errors.

Costa RicaPanamaColombiaVenezuelaSurinameEcuadorPeruNorthern Brazil

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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 Public domain licence, unmodified.