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Guzmania claviformis

An epiphytic tank bromeliad from very wet premontane forest on the eastern Andean slopes of southern Ecuador and Peru. Its leaves are plain green with brown sheaths, and the flower spike has whitish to green stalk bracts and orange-red flower bracts. It needs the conditions of a warm, humid, mid-elevation cloud forest: filtered light, mild nights and humid air that is always moving.

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

It grows as an epiphyte in humid primary and older secondary premontane forest, including tall ridge-top cloud forest on sandstone in the Cordillera del Cóndor. It also grows in forest remnants among pasture.

Specimens range from about 300 to 2,000 m, most of them at 900–1,850 m.

Ecuador (Zamora-Chinchipe, Morona-Santiago, Pastaza)Peru (Amazonas, Cajamarca, San Martín, Pasco, Cusco)

🔒 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.