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Aechmea mariae-reginae

A large epiphytic tank bromeliad from the wet Caribbean lowlands of Costa Rica and Nicaragua, famous for its pink bracts and as the only dioecious Aechmea. It wants warmth, humidity, bright filtered light and a full tank, with no real dry season.

Aechmea mariae-reginae
Photo: Bocabroms, 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 Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Epiphytic in lowland and premontane wet forest, mostly on the Caribbean slope, high in trees or on forest edges and pasture trees where the light is bright.

Recorded from 10 to 1700 m, median 200 m; most records are from the Sarapiquí lowlands.

Costa RicaNicaraguaHonduras

🔒 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 3.0 licence, unmodified.