Pleurothallis calamifolia

A little-documented Pleurothallis of Colombia and Venezuela, described from cloud forest. Grow it like other mid-elevation cloud-forest pleurothallids: shaded, evenly moist, humid and buoyant air, with intermediate temperatures and a clear night drop.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

The type came from cloud forest in Colombia; like most of the genus it is presumably an epiphyte on mossy trunks and branches under a closed, often misty canopy. Detail beyond that is not published in the sources we could reach.

The two usable records sit at about 1,700 m in the Venezuelan Andes and about 850 m in Colombia's Chocó; cloud-forest habitat suggests the higher figure is more typical.

ColombiaVenezuela

🔒 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.