Marcgravia nubicola

Marcgravia nubicola, the cloud dweller, was described by de Roon in 1970 from the Venezuelan Guiana highlands and is known from a single georeferenced record near the Gran Sabana at about 1200 m. It is a cool-growing cloud-forest climber: even days, nights near 16 C, very high humidity and a wet season from May to August.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Very humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodClimber

Where it grows wild

A root-climbing hemiepiphyte of montane cloud forest on the sandstone highlands, presumably shingling up moss-covered trunks in filtered, misty light.

The one record and the epithet point to cloud forest around 1200 m on the tepui slopes; higher, cooler populations are likely but unrecorded.

Venezuela

🔒 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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