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Guzmania cinnabarina

Guzmania cinnabarina is a Panamanian tank bromeliad described by Harry Luther and Karen Norton in 2006, named for its cinnabar-red inflorescence bracts. It is known from very few collections in the cloud forest of Veraguas at around 1,000 m, where a pronounced dry season from January to March alternates with very wet months. Almost nothing is published on its cultivation, so this profile leans on the one measured site and on how similar Panamanian cloud-forest Guzmania are grown.

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

An epiphyte of mossy montane forest on the Caribbean-facing slopes of Veraguas, where cloud and mist persist even in the dry season. It sits on branches and trunks in filtered light, its tank fed by rain and fog drip.

The one wild record has no elevation, but the site itself lies at about 1,050 m in the Santa Fe highlands; expect a narrow band around 800 to 1,400 m.

PanamaVeraguas

🔒 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.