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Anthurium vittariifolium is an epiphytic aroid from the Amazon basin, known for very long, strap-like pendulous leaves that can reach about 2.4 m. It grows on trees in humid tropical forest and needs warm, humid, bright but shaded conditions.
Anthurium vittariifolium is a species of flowering plant in the genus Anthurium (family Araceae) native to the Amazon basin; southeast Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and northern Brazil. With its long, pendulous leaves that can reach 2.4 m (8 ft), it is among those commonly known as "strap-leaved" anthuriums. It grows as an epiphyte at lower elevations of moist tropical forests, and is a member of the section Leptanthurium along with Anthurium gracile.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Anthurium vittariifolium by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
