Guzmania albescens
A tank-forming Guzmania known only from a small area of north-western Ecuador, where it grows as an epiphyte in moist forest. Very little is published about it beyond its original description, so the conditions here come from the measured climate at the few wild records and from what is typical for Guzmania. Grow it warm, humid and in bright shade, with water in the cup.
Where it grows wild
An epiphyte of moist tropical forest in north-western Ecuador. The sources found give no detail on host trees or height in the canopy; Guzmania of this type usually sit on trunks and branches in bright shade.
The single climate site is at about 925 m; the four records lie in the foothills around 0.8–0.9° N, 78.4–78.6° W.
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