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Aechmea vanhoutteana

An Atlantic Forest bromeliad endemic to southeast Brazil, recorded at about 650–1100 m in Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo and São Paulo. Grow it bright and intermediate, with warm humid summers and a cooler, drier winter.

Aechmea vanhoutteana
Photo: [Photos: Moreira M.M.] Moreira MM, Carrijo TT, Alves-Araújo A, Amorim AMA, Rapini A, da Silva AVS, Cosenza BAP, Lopes CR, Delgado CN, Kameyama C, Couto DR, Barbosa DEF, Monteiro D, Gonzaga DR, Dalcin EC, Guimarães EF, de Lírio EJ, Matos FB, Salimena FRG, Oliveira FA, Heiden G, Lanna JM, Baumgratz JF, Pastore JFB, Oliveira JRPM, Barcelos LB, Sylvestre LS, Freitas L, Giacomin LL, Pederneiras L, Meireles LD, Lohmann LG, Pereira LC, Silva LAE, Neto LM, Souza MC, Trovó M, Sobral MEG, Garbin ML, Gomes M, Morim MP, Mota MCA, Labiak PH, Viana PL, de Moraes PLR, Goldenberg R, Coelho RLG, Furtado SG, da Silva-Neto SJ, Flores TB, Dutra VF, Bueno VR, Forzza RC (2020) Using online databases to produce comprehensive accounts of the vascular plants from the Brazilian protected areas: The Parque Nacional do Itatiaia as a case study. Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e50837. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.8.e50837, CC BY 4.0, 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
Expects a seasonal restGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

No habitat description was reachable beyond its Atlantic Forest range. Aechmea of this group grow as epiphytes or on rocks in fairly bright forest and forest edges.

Recorded at 650–1100 m, median 900 m.

BrazilRio de JaneiroEspírito SantoSão Paulo

🔒 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 4.0 licence, unmodified.