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Terrarium Partly documented

Pilea antioquensis

A Killip species (1936) of the Andean and Pacific-slope forests of Colombia and Ecuador, recorded mostly around 1600–2000 m.

At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night A clear drop at nightTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Very humid airBand in Plantistry
Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Herbaceous understory plant of wet premontane and lower montane forest; most records come from the western Andean slopes of Ecuador (Pichincha, Cotopaxi) and western Colombia. Microhabitat is not described in detail; conditions here follow the measured climate and the genus.

Recorded from 8 to 2171 m, median 1835 m; the few lowland Chocó records are outliers.

EcuadorColombia

🔒 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.