Guzmania amoena

Guzmania x amoena is a natural hybrid described by Harry Luther in 2002 from a single locality in Carchi, north-west Ecuador, where it grows as an epiphyte in perhumid Chocó foothill forest at about 800 m. It is known from two herbarium collections and is essentially absent from cultivation; treat it as a warm, wet, shade-loving tank bromeliad and expect no published cultural notes.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Collected on the Chical to Tobar Donoso trail near San Marcos de los Coaiqueres, in perhumid lowland-to-foothill rainforest on the Pacific slope of the Andes. Like its presumed parents it is an epiphytic tank bromeliad with purple bracts and white flowers, sitting on mossy trunks and branches under a dense, cloudy canopy.

Both records are from 800 m; the hybrid is not known from anywhere else.

Ecuador

🔒 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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