Billbergia pohliana

Billbergia pohliana is a tank bromeliad of southeastern Brazil, described in Flora Brasiliensis in 1892, with no georeferenced wild records. Grow it like other Atlantic Forest Billbergia: bright light, warm days, a cooler, drier winter, and water held in the central cup.

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

Not documented in the records; Billbergia of this region grow as epiphytes or on rocks in seasonally dry Atlantic Forest and forest edges.

No recorded elevations; the climate point is a regional centroid near 580 m.

Brazil Southeast

🔒 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.