Guzmania armeniaca

Guzmania armeniaca is a Panamanian tank bromeliad described by Harry Luther in 1993 and named for its apricot-coloured bracts; it has no georeferenced wild records and is scarcely known outside herbaria. Luther's Panamanian Guzmania species come from wet premontane and cloud forest on the central cordillera, so treat it as an intermediate, humid, shade-loving epiphyte rather than the hot, seasonally dry plant the raw climate figures suggest.

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

Expects a seasonal restGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Not documented beyond the country. By analogy with other Guzmania of Panama it is most likely an epiphyte in wet premontane or lower montane forest, at roughly 600 to 1500 m, where cloud and rain keep the canopy damp all year.

No elevation records; the genus in Panama is concentrated between about 600 and 1800 m.

Panama

🔒 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.