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Marcgravia pedunculosa

Marcgravia pedunculosa is one of the more widespread species, ranging across the Guiana Shield and Amazonia from Colombia and Venezuela through the Guianas to northern and west-central Brazil, with over 200 wild records mostly below 500 m. It is a warm, humid lowland rainforest climber with a short, hotter and drier spell around September and October.

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

A root-climbing hemiepiphyte of lowland and lower montane rainforest, shingling up shaded trunks with juvenile foliage and flowering from pendent branches higher up.

Recorded from 10 to 1500 m, median 340 m, across 92 records; overwhelmingly a lowland plant.

Brazil NorthBrazil West-CentralColombiaFrench GuianaGuyanaSurinameVenezuela

🔒 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.