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Pilea spruceana

A low, spreading Pilea of wet forest in western Ecuador and eastern Peru, usually under 30 cm tall. Its wild records come from lowland and foothill forest and rocky forest brooks at about 110-1700 m. Leafy forms are widely grown as houseplants, and it has naturalised in places such as Hawaii and Brazil.

Pilea spruceana
Photo: Daderot, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Labels describe wet lowland forest (Río Palenque), primary forest in Ucayali, lower montane wet forest near a river at Chiriboga, and rocky sides of a forest brook near Tarapoto.

Recorded at 185-1700 m, median 200 m.

EcuadorPeruVenezuelan Antilles

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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 CC0 licence, unmodified.