Marcgravia flagellaris
A root-climbing Marcgravia of the south-western Amazon and Andean foothills, most often recorded in lowland Bolivia, Madre de Dios in Peru and Acre in Brazil. Like the rest of the genus it starts life as a flat, shingling juvenile pressed to a shaded trunk, which is the stage terrarium growers keep; the hanging adult shoots with bat-pollinated flowers need a big climb first. Warm, humid and shaded suits it, with a mild drier spell in the middle of the year.
Where it grows wild
Lowland and foothill rainforest of the upper Amazon basin, climbing tree trunks in the shaded lower storey and reaching the canopy as an adult. Records sit mostly between 150 and 500 m in Beni, Pando, Santa Cruz and Madre de Dios, with a few in the Andean foothills.
140–2045 m recorded, median 280 m; the great majority of records are lowland below 500 m.
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