Guzmania acorifolia
A large bromeliad of Andean and Venezuelan cloud forest. It grows as an epiphyte or on the ground, with leaves up to 80–120 cm long that are often wine-red at the base and purple-flushed underneath. Its erect inflorescence has greenish to reddish bracts and white or yellow flowers. It needs cool-intermediate, very humid, shaded conditions and a lot of space.
Where it grows wild
Collectors record it in subandean and cloud forest, both primary and good secondary forest. It grows as an epiphyte, sometimes low on trunks at about 40 cm, and as a terrestrial plant forming small colonies on steep forested slopes and ravines. These are cool, misty, shaded sites under a broken canopy.
Labelled records run from about 1,260 to 2,500 m, most at 1,600–2,000 m. A single record at 38 m in Colombia is almost certainly a georeferencing error.
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