Monstera amargalensis

A Chocó Monstera endemic to Colombia, known from Cabo Corrientes and near Tadó in the Río San Juan valley at 0–50 m. It is a hemiepiphyte with speckled petioles and narrowly ovate, pinnatifid adult leaves about 40 cm long. It grows in one of the wettest lowland forests on Earth, with no dry season.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodClimber

Where it grows wild

Everwet Pacific lowland rainforest of the Chocó. The species description calls it epiphytic, with short stems, so in cultivation it grows as a climber on a pole or slab.

The Colombian catalogue gives 0–50 m, and the recorded site is at about 20 m.

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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