Guzmania glomerata
A tank-forming epiphytic bromeliad of wet forest from Nicaragua to Ecuador. It is especially common in the very wet Chocó of Pacific Colombia, and grows from near sea level to about 2300 m. Herbarium notes describe an erect rosette about 50 cm tall with strap-shaped leaves up to about 60 cm long and a compact head of red or brown-tipped bracts with white flowers. It suits warm, humid, shaded growing with water held in the central cup.
Where it grows wild
An epiphyte, recorded as frequent in places, in primary and disturbed lowland and premontane rain forest and in cloud forest. In Colombia it also grows in forest patches among pasture. Labels describe a solitary, erect rosette about 50 cm tall with linear, entire, green leaves about 60 cm by 4 cm and dark brown leaf sheaths. The compact inflorescence has green to red bracts, often brown-tipped, and white flowers.
GBIF records span about 5–2310 m. The middle half fall between about 100 and 1300 m, with a cluster of Chocó and Pacific-coast records below 200 m and premontane and cloud-forest records at 1000–1600 m.
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