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Terrarium Partly documented

Marcgravia coriacea

A leathery-leaved root-climber of the Guiana Shield lowlands and eastern Brazil, recorded mostly below 600 m in warm, wet rainforest. It is one of the hotter-growing Marcgravia and suits a standard warm terrarium with a mossy climbing surface and a short, slightly drier spell in the Guianan dry season.

Marcgravia coriacea
Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, 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
No rest periodClimber

Where it grows wild

Lowland to lower-montane rainforest on the Guiana Shield and in coastal Bahia, climbing tree trunks and rock with appressed juvenile leaves and free adult shoots; the thick leathery leaves the name refers to suggest it also grows on exposed rock and forest edges. Habitat detail is inferred from the records and the genus.

Median 320 m, most records between sea level and 850 m on the Shield; the 5650 m maximum in the data is a data error.

French GuianaGuyanaSurinameVenezuela (Bolívar)Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Bahia)

🔒 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. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its Public domain licence, unmodified.