Guzmania hollinense

Guzmania hollinensis, named for the Río Hollín in Napo, is an eastern-Andean foothill bromeliad first known from Ecuador and since collected in Colombia, Peru and Panama. It grows as an epiphyte in very wet premontane forest at roughly 750 to 1700 m, warm and permanently humid. It is listed as Vulnerable and is rarely cultivated.

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 in very humid premontane rainforest on the Amazon-facing slopes of the Andes, recorded on ridge-slope forest with a 40 m canopy near Sinangoe and in premontane wet forest at El Chingual; also on the Cordillera del Cóndor and the Panamanian cordillera.

Georeferenced collections span 750 to 1685 m, most between 950 and 1500 m.

EcuadorColombiaPeruPanama

🔒 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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