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Marcgravia brownei

The most widely recorded montane Marcgravia, a root-climbing liana of cloud forest from southern Mexico and Jamaica down the Andes to Bolivia, mostly between 1000 and 2000 m. It wants cool nights, near-saturated air and a mossy vertical surface, and is the best-documented species of the genus for growers who want cloud-forest rather than lowland conditions.

At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Very humid airBand in Plantistry
Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodClimber

Where it grows wild

Climbs tree trunks and mossy rock in wet montane and cloud forest, with the flattened shingling juvenile in the shaded understory and the fertile adult shoots hanging higher on the host. The Colombian catalogue gives 1000 to 3000 m in the Andes and Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.

Recorded from 10 to 2900 m with a median of 1470 m; the core of the range is 1000 to 2000 m cloud forest in Costa Rica, Panama and the northern Andes.

Costa RicaPanamaNicaraguaHondurasGuatemalaBelizeMexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca)ColombiaEcuadorBoliviaJamaica

🔒 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.