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Billbergia rosea

A tubular, tank-forming bromeliad from Venezuela and Suriname, also established on Trinidad, growing from sea level up to the coastal cordillera at about 1500 m. It is an easy, warm-growing plant that wants bright light and a moderately dry winter.

Billbergia rosea
Photo: Raffi Kojian, 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 Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

The records range from coastal Suriname and the llanos to the Venezuelan coastal mountains. This fits a Billbergia that grows on trees or rocks in seasonally dry to humid forest; details are inferred from the genus.

Records range from near sea level to about 1500 m.

VenezuelaSurinameTrinidad-Tobago

🔒 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 3.0 licence, unmodified.