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Succulents Partly documented

Weberocereus tunilla

An epiphytic, climbing rainforest cactus from Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Panama with ribbed, aerial-rooting stems and pinkish night-opening flowers. It wants warm, humid, shaded conditions and an orchid-like mix, not desert-cactus care.

Weberocereus tunilla
Photo: The_Cactaceae_Vol_II,_plate_XXXIX_filtered.jpg: Mary Emily Eaton (1873-1961)Daniel Schweich for the filtred image. derivative work: Succu (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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 periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Clambers over trunks and branches in very wet lowland and premontane rainforest, rooting along its stems in humus and moss.

Recorded from near sea level to about 1,550 m, median 100 m; most records are from the Caribbean lowlands of Costa Rica.

Costa RicaNicaraguaPanamá

🔒 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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