Marcgravia atropunctata
A shingling root-climber of the wet foothill forests of Panama, Colombia and Ecuador, named for the dark dots on its leaves, and one of the Marcgravias prized for terrariums. Juvenile shoots press flat against mossy trunks in shade; adult shoots climb toward the light and hang in the canopy. Cool to mild temperatures, saturated air and a damp surface to climb are the essentials.
Where it grows wild
128 wild records run from 70 to 2700 m, with a median near 860 m, in premontane and lower montane wet forest. The sterile juvenile stage creeps up shaded trunks and rocks; fertile branches appear only high in the canopy. The measured climate is mild and wet, with rain in every month and humidity above 80 percent.
70 to 2700 m, most records between 400 and 1500 m; the figures here suit the foothill and lower-montane middle of that range.
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