Pilea herniarioides

A tiny creeping Pilea with minute leaves, widespread from Florida and the Bahamas through the Antilles, Mexico and Central America to Colombia and Ecuador. It forms low mats on moist rocks, walls and banks and is easy in a humid terrarium.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Records span coastal limestone to montane forest at 10–2000 m. Like its close relatives it creeps over damp rock, walls, stream banks and disturbed shady ground.

Recorded at 10–2000 m, median 1234 m (46 records).

MexicoCosta RicaCubaBahamasPanamaJamaicaPuerto RicoFloridaHispaniolaColombiaEcuador

🔒 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 2.0 licence, unmodified.