Guzmania apiculata

Guzmania apiculata is an obscure Peruvian tank bromeliad described by Lyman Smith in 1932 from the Chanchamayo valley in Junín, with a second old collection from the Tingo María to Pucallpa divide; the few specimens come from 1200 to 1550 m on the wet eastern Andean slope. Nothing has been published about its cultivation, so grow it as a warm-intermediate cloud-forest epiphyte.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Known from herbarium collections made in the 1920s and 1940s at La Merced (Chanchamayo, Junín) and on the ridge between Tingo María and Pucallpa, both in humid premontane forest on the Amazon-facing slope of the central Peruvian Andes. Presumably an epiphyte like most of the genus.

Labels give 1219 m at La Merced and 1550 m on the Tingo María to Pucallpa divide; no modern records.

Peru

🔒 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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