Rhaphidophora sylvestris

A medium to large Malesian liana that climbs to 20 m, with clinging leafy stems and pendent flowering shoots. It grows in perhumid hill to sub-montane forest from Peninsular Malaysia and southern Thailand to Borneo, Java, the Lesser Sundas and the Moluccas. It resembles R. montana and R. crassifolia but has narrower leaves and a short spadix 3.5–6 cm long.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodClimber

Where it grows wild

Damp to wet hill and sub-montane forest, where it climbs trunks as a liana. Seedlings start as shingling shoots pressed flat against the bark.

Literature gives 100–1400 m; GBIF records span 120–1829 m, median about 1070 m.

ThailandPeninsular MalaysiaSumatraJavaBorneoLesser Sunda IslandsMalukuNew Guinea

🔒 Growing it like that

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✓ 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.