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Philodendron spiritus-sancti

One of the rarest and most sought-after philodendrons, endemic to the Atlantic Forest of Espírito Santo in south-east Brazil, with long, narrow, pendent sagittate leaves up to about 60 cm. It was long known only from a single farm near Domingos Martins; in 2024 a second population was found about 128 km away growing directly on a rock wall. It comes from cool-nighted, humid montane forest, so it is grown warm by day with a clear night drop.

At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets 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

Montane Atlantic Forest in Espírito Santo. It was long treated as a hemiepiphyte climbing forest trees, but the 2024 rediscovery found its most impressive groups growing rupicolously on a rock wall, alongside Philodendron edmundoi and bromeliads.

The three GBIF records with elevations fall between 800 and 1104 m (median 1040 m), matching the mountains around Domingos Martins.

Brazil Southeast

🔒 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.