Guzmania gracilis

Guzmania gracilis is a small, slender Peruvian bromeliad described by Harry Luther in 2007 from the Palcazú valley in Pasco, on the Amazonian foothills of the central Andes. All twelve records come from one lowland site at about 610 m, so this is a warm, wet, low-elevation Guzmania, unlike the cool cloud-forest species that dominate the genus. It is essentially unknown in cultivation.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry

Light ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Epiphyte of very wet premontane rainforest on the eastern foothills of the Peruvian Andes, most likely on shaded lower trunks and limbs. The habitat type follows the genus and the collection site; the protologue gives few field notes.

Every record is at 610 m in the Palcazú district of Pasco; it probably occurs through the 400 to 900 m foothill belt.

PeruPasco

🔒 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.