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Guzmania goudotiana

Guzmania goudotiana is a little-known Colombian bromeliad described by Mez in 1896 from Goudot's Andean collections and rarely gathered since. The two mapped records sit in the Tolima cordillera near Ibagué at about 2100 m, which puts it in cool, permanently humid cloud forest. It is almost never cultivated; treat it as a cool-growing cloud-forest tank bromeliad rather than a warm windowsill Guzmania.

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

Epiphyte of Andean cloud forest on the Central Cordillera of Colombia, presumably on mossy trunks and limbs where cloud and drizzle keep the air saturated. The habitat type is inferred from the genus and the elevation of the records; the original description gives no field notes.

The one georeferenced site lies at about 2140 m in Tolima; the species is likely confined to the 1800 to 2600 m cloud-forest belt.

ColombiaTolima

🔒 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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