Ficus archeri

Uvillo

A rare fig tree of montane rain forest in the Colombian Andes, known from very few places around Popayán (Cauca) and the Cueva de los Guácharos national park at about 1,700–1,900 m, and assessed as Critically Endangered. It is a forest tree rather than a houseplant, so at home it is a conservatory or large-container subject that wants mild, even, humid conditions with no heat and no frost.

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 in the ground

Where it grows wild

Montane tropical rain forest on the slopes of the Colombian Andes. As a tree it grows up into the canopy, but young plants establish in the humid, shaded forest understory. No finer habitat detail is published in the sources available.

Wikipedia gives 1,740 m (the Popayán population); a 2010 herbarium record from Cueva de los Guácharos is at 1,900 m.

Colombia

🔒 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.