Pilea irrorata

A Pilea of south-east Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras, with about 100 wild records from near sea level to 2,300 m (median about 820 m). It is a warm-to-intermediate shade herb that expects a short dry spring.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Not documented in the records. Records cluster in the wet Gulf slope of Veracruz and Oaxaca (Los Tuxtlas, the Sierra de Zongolica area) and the Pacific slope of Chiapas and Guatemala, where Pilea grow in shaded, wet forest.

Recorded 28–2,316 m, median 822 m.

Mexico (Veracruz, Puebla, Oaxaca, Chiapas)GuatemalaHonduras

🔒 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.