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Aechmea pectinata

A large bromeliad of the coastal Atlantic Forest in southeastern and southern Brazil, from Rio de Janeiro to Santa Catarina, with toothed leaves and red-tipped leaf rosettes. It is warm, humid and wet for most of the year with a mild, drier winter, and is easy as an epiphyte or in a pot under bright, filtered light.

Aechmea pectinata
Photo: Nico Nelson from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, 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

An epiphyte (and sometimes on rocks or in sandy restinga) in humid coastal forest.

From sea level to about 1,200 m, mostly below 100 m.

Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)Brazil (São Paulo)Brazil (Paraná)Brazil (Santa Catarina)

🔒 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 2.0 licence, unmodified.