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Aechmea politii

A lowland bromeliad of the Guiana Shield in Venezuela, Guyana, Colombia and French Guiana. It comes from hot, humid country with heavy rains and a short, drier spell, so grow it like other lowland Aechmea: warm, bright, humid and never cold.

Aechmea politii
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, 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 Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Lowland and foothill forest of the Guiana Shield, along the Orinoco and in Guyana; Aechmea of this region are usually epiphytes or grow on granite outcrops. Specific habitat notes for this species were not available.

Recorded at 13 to 1,079 m (median 160 m).

VenezuelaGuyanaColombiaFrench Guiana

🔒 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.