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Aroids Partly documented

Syngonium crassifolium

A thick-leaved hemiepiphytic Syngonium of western Ecuador and Colombia, formerly placed in Porphyrospatha. Collectors record it as an epiphyte to about 3 m in tropical rainforest, with abundant white latex; the Cayapa people call it conguera and use the leaves on ant bites. The measured climate is warm, with a wet season in January–April and a dry, overcast season from July to September.

At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodClimber

Where it grows wild

Hemiepiphyte climbing to about 3 m in lowland and foothill tropical rainforest of the Pacific slope, with stout stems about 3.5 cm thick and abundant white latex.

Recorded at 80–1234 m, median 350 m (74 records).

ColombiaEcuadorVenezuela

🔒 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.