Marcgravia fosbergiana

A poorly known Colombian Marcgravia described by Joseph Ewan in 1951 and named for the botanist F. R. Fosberg, who collected in the Villavicencio region of Meta in the 1940s. No wild GBIF records carry coordinates, so the single climate site here is the Llanos foothills near Villavicencio and the growing conditions below are generalised from the genus in hot, wet lowland forest. Treat every number as a starting point.

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

Almost certainly a root-climbing hemiepiphyte of humid lowland to foothill forest on the eastern flank of the Colombian Andes, where the Llanos meet the mountains. Like other Marcgravia it would grow as a shingling juvenile on shaded trunks before producing hanging fertile shoots.

No recorded elevations; the one reference site is at 174 m in the Andean piedmont of Meta.

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🔒 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.