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Aechmea fasciata

The silver-banded urn plant of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, an epiphyte (and sometimes a rock-dweller) from near sea level to about 1,000 m around Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. It wants bright filtered light, a filled cup, good airflow, and a slightly cooler and drier winter.

Aechmea fasciata
Photo: Paul & Aline Burland, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

It grows epiphytically on trees, and also on rocks, in the humid Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil, where it gets bright, broken light in the mid and upper canopy.

Recorded at 5–1063 m, with a median of 633 m.

Rio de JaneiroSão PauloEspírito SantoMinas GeraisParaná

🔒 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. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 2.0 licence, unmodified.