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Guzmania coriostachya

An epiphytic bromeliad of the Andean and Central American montane forests, from Costa Rica and Panama to Colombia, Ecuador and northern Venezuela, at about 1100 to 3250 m. It is common in Colombia but little is written about its ecology, so this profile relies on its elevation range and on how other cloud-forest guzmanias grow. Grow it cool to intermediate, with high humidity, shade and an open epiphyte mix.

Guzmania coriostachya
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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

Epiphytic in wet montane and cloud forest in the Andes and the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and the mountains of Costa Rica and Panama, where like other guzmanias it grows on trunks and branches in dappled shade and holds water in its leaf rosette.

1100 to 3240 m according to the Catalogue of Plants and Lichens of Colombia; GBIF records with elevations cluster around 2000–2970 m.

Costa RicaPanamaColombiaVenezuelaEcuador

🔒 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. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY 2.0 licence, unmodified.