Guzmania conglomerata
Guzmania conglomerata is a tank bromeliad of the Chocó region, described by Harry Luther in 2006 and named for its congested, clustered inflorescence. It is well recorded from the super-wet Pacific slopes of Colombia and northwestern Ecuador between about 100 and 1,900 m, in forest that receives rain in every month. At home it wants warm, very humid, filtered-light conditions with no dry or cool season.
Where it grows wild
An epiphyte of wet premontane and lower montane rainforest on the Pacific flank of the Andes, from the foothill forests of Esmeraldas and Chocó up into the mossy forest of Urrao and Frontino in Antioquia. It grows on trunks and branches in the humid mid-storey.
Recorded from 100 to 1,915 m with a median of 1,000 m; the Antioquia cluster sits higher (1,300 to 1,700 m) and the Ecuadorian records lower (250 to 1,300 m).
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