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Guzmania attenuata

Guzmania attenuata is an epiphytic tank bromeliad of the very wet cloud forests of the Chocó-Andean slope, recorded from 780 to 1500 m in western Colombia and once in Darién, Panama. Its home is cool-intermediate, cloudy and rained on in every month, so it wants high humidity, filtered light and a steady night drop with no dry rest.

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
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

An epiphyte on moss-laden trunks and branches in lower montane cloud forest on the Pacific-facing slopes of Colombia's Western Cordillera (Chocó, Risaralda, Antioquia) and the Darién highlands of Panama. Described by Lyman Smith and Robert Read in 1979; little has been written about it since.

Wild records span 780 to 1500 m, most of them between 1200 and 1500 m.

ColombiaPanama

🔒 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.