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Aroids Partly documented

Philodendron consanguineum

Rascagarganta

A climbing Philodendron of the Greater Antilles, known in Spanish as rascagarganta ('throat-scratcher'), recorded in Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico and Jamaica. It is a vine of wet and semideciduous forest from near sea level to over 1,100 m in Cuba's Sierra Maestra. Grow it as a warm, humid climbing aroid with a support to climb.

Philodendron consanguineum
Photo: Descourtilz, J. Theodore.; Descourtilz, M. E.; Pichard., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodClimber

Where it grows wild

Herbarium labels record it as a vine in subtropical wet forest in Puerto Rico (El Verde, Luquillo), in disturbed deciduous forest at Carite, in semideciduous forest on limestone karst in Cuba, and in montane forest in the Sierra Maestra. It climbs trunks, reaching brighter light as it ascends.

From about 40 m (karst hills of Villa Clara, Cuba) through 275-580 m in Puerto Rico to about 890-1,175 m in the Sierra Maestra, Cuba.

CubaDominican RepublicHaitiPuerto RicoJamaica

🔒 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. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its Public domain licence, unmodified.