Ficus popenoei

A large Neotropical fig that often starts life as a strangler and becomes a massive canopy tree with a deeply fluted trunk. It grows in lowland moist and semi-deciduous forest from southern Mexico and Belize to Brazil, Peru and Bolivia, mostly below 1,000 m. In a home it is a warm, bright, container foliage tree rather than a terrarium plant.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Lowland evergreen and semi-deciduous forest, riverbanks, gallery forest and secondary growth. Herbarium labels describe massive canopy trees on alluvium over limestone, trees in seasonally flooded forest, and stranglers that became free-standing, including one growing on a palm in pasture.

Mostly lowland; records run from near sea level to about 970 m, with a median of about 150 m.

MexicoBelizeGuatemalaNicaraguaCosta RicaPanamaColombiaVenezuelaGuyanaFrench GuianaPeruBrazilBolivia

🔒 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.