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Other Little published: much of this is inferred from related species

Guzmania acuminata

A rosette-forming Guzmania bromeliad of the wet eastern Andean foothills of Colombia and Ecuador, collected mostly between about 500 and 1350 m in humid forest and streamside vegetation. Little has been written about it specifically, so care follows the usual pattern for lowland-to-foothill Guzmania: warm, constantly humid, bright shade and a tank that is never allowed to dry out.

At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Herbarium labels describe well-conserved forest with a dense understory and many epiphytes, primary forest edges and streamside vegetation on the Amazonian slope of the Andes. Like most Guzmania it is most likely an epiphyte on trunks and branches in the lower to middle canopy, but the labels we saw do not say so explicitly.

Wild specimens come from about 500 to 1350 m, mostly 550–1150 m, in Putumayo and Caquetá (Colombia) and Zamora Chinchipe (Ecuador).

ColombiaEcuador

🔒 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.