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Guzmania elvallensis

Named for El Valle de Anton in Coclé, Panama, this Guzmania grows as an epiphyte in the cloud forest on the crater rim and surrounding peaks such as Cerro Gaital. Described by Harry Luther in 1996 and little grown since, it wants warm days, mild nights, high humidity and steady moisture with a short, brighter dry season in the northern winter.

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

Cloud forest and wet premontane forest around El Valle de Anton in central Panama, on mossy trees in the misty crater-rim woodland.

No elevations were recorded, but the El Valle basin and its rim lie at roughly 600 to 1,200 m.

PanamaCocle Province

🔒 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.