Guzmania cuatrecasasii
Guzmania cuatrecasasii is a Colombian tank bromeliad described by L.B. Smith in 1971 and named for the botanist José Cuatrecasas. Wild records come from montane wet forest at about 1,500 to 1,850 m in eastern Antioquia and from the Andean foothills of Caquetá and Putumayo. It grows in a mild, humid climate with cool nights and rain in every month, and is not in general cultivation.
Where it grows wild
An epiphyte of wet montane forest, on mossy trunks and branches in the mid-storey of the eastern Antioquia hills near San Rafael and San Carlos, and of the Amazon-facing foothills near Florencia and Mocoa.
Recorded from 565 to 1,850 m with a median of 1,700 m. The Mocoa record at 565 m is the one low site; most of the population sits at 1,500 to 1,850 m.
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