Marcgravia myriostigma

A Chocó endemic of Pacific Colombia, described by Triana and Planchon in 1862 and known from only eight wild records between the Gulf of Urabá and the Baudó coast. Its home is one of the wettest places on earth, with 150–380 mm of rain every month and no dry season, so it wants a permanently saturated, warm, dim terrarium.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets 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

Lowland pluvial rainforest of the Chocó biogeographic region, mostly below 200 m, climbing trunks by adventitious roots as a shingling juvenile and reaching brighter mid-canopy light as an adult. One record from 2,650 m in the Western Cordillera is an outlier.

Median 100 m; the single high-altitude record is not typical.

Colombia

🔒 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.