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Philodendron tatei

A climbing philodendron of the Guiana Shield and western Amazonia, known from northern Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela and Peru. There are two subspecies: subsp. tatei in Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela, and subsp. melanochlorum in Peru and Venezuela. Herbarium records put it in gallery forest and white-sand scrub forest at about 650–800 m in Guyana, and on rocky, humus-rich hills in northern Peru. It is a warm, humid-forest climber that wants a support to climb, dappled light and a very open mix. The name is also linked in the trade to the 'Congo' cultivars, which are selections or hybrids rather than wild plants.

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

It is a hemiepiphytic climber in wet tropical forest. Labels from Guyana describe gallery forest along rivers, with Anthodiscus and Terminalia, and white-sand scrub forest with Clusia. A Peruvian label records rocky soils rich in organic matter on high hills.

The labelled specimens seen range from about 660 to 805 m (Kamakusa Mountain and the Kako River in Guyana, and Amazonas in Peru). The full range is probably wider.

BrazilGuyanaVenezuelaPeru

🔒 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.