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Marcgravia williamsii

Marcgravia williamsii is a western Amazonian root-climber known mostly from lowland Peru, with scattered records in Colombia and Brazil and a few from the Andean foothills. It is a warm, wet, low-light shingle plant for a closed terrarium.

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

Hemiepiphytic climber of lowland wet forest, shingling up trunks in humid shade; a few collections come from premontane forest on the Andean slope.

Recorded from 5 to 2445 m, but the median is 130 m: this is chiefly a lowland Amazon plant.

PeruColombiaBrazil North

🔒 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.