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Aechmea pubescens

A lowland rainforest bromeliad of the Caribbean slope of Central America and north-western Colombia, named for the downy covering of its inflorescence. It wants warm, steady, humid conditions year-round with bright but broken light, much like the hot wet forests where most records sit below 300 m.

Aechmea pubescens
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 Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Grows in wet lowland and foothill forest, mostly as an epiphyte on trunks and branches but also on fallen logs and the ground in forest edges. Placement in broken mid-canopy light is inferred from the genus and habitat type.

Recorded from sea level to 1400 m, with a median of 150 m; nearly all records are lowland.

Costa RicaNicaraguaPanamaColombiaVenezuelaHonduras

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✓ 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.