Pilea daguensis

Pilea daguensis is a Killip species (1936) of the wet Pacific and Caribbean lowland to foothill forests of Colombia and Panama, reaching north into southern Mexico and Guatemala. It wants steady warmth, very high humidity and shade, with no real rest season.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Very humid airBand in Plantistry

Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Records come from very wet lowland and premontane rainforest, mostly the Chocó of western Colombia and central Panama. Like most forest Pilea it is presumably a small shade herb of the moist forest floor and stream banks; no habitat notes for this species were found.

Recorded from 15 to 1,700 m, median 450 m.

PanamaColombiaMexicoGuatemala

🔒 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.