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Billbergia lymanii

A tubular Billbergia endemic to the Atlantic Forest uplands of Espírito Santo and Minas Gerais, Brazil. It wants bright light for color, warm days, cooler dry winters, and a tank kept filled while it grows.

Billbergia lymanii
Photo: Instituto Nacional da Mata Atlântica - INMA, CC BY-SA 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

Records come from the Atlantic Forest at 560–1,420 m in Espírito Santo and eastern Minas Gerais, where Billbergia grow as epiphytes or on rocks in fairly bright spots. Detail is inferred from the sites and the genus.

Recorded at 700–1,424 m, median 1,247 m.

Espírito SantoMinas Gerais

🔒 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 4.0 licence, unmodified.