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Philodendron cuneatum

A hemiepiphytic philodendron of western Amazonia and the Andean foothills, from Colombia to Peru and western Brazil. Its fertile stem is short, with leaves in a rosette on slender yellowish-green petioles. It suits steady, hot, humid rainforest conditions with filtered light.

Philodendron cuneatum
Photo: Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi (MPEG), CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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

A hemiepiphyte whose roots clasp the host tree when young. It grows in both seasonally flooded lowland forest (baixio) and higher plateau forest in Amazonia.

Records span 20–1660 m (literature 20–1870 m), but the median is only 200 m. It is mainly a lowland plant.

ColombiaEcuadorPeruBrazil 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. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY 4.0 licence, unmodified.