Guzmania lychnis
A large Andean Guzmania from Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela, recorded from very wet premontane forest at about 1,700 m up to open ground near the paramo at about 3,450 m, where one observer measured an inflorescence of about 70 cm. It is a cool-growing bromeliad: think cloud forest and subparamo, not a warm-house Guzmania. Published detail on this species is thin, so treat these targets as estimates built from the specimen labels.
Where it grows wild
Herbarium and field records place it in mature, very humid premontane forest on hillsides (Urrao, Antioquia, 1,725 m), in the upper montane forest and forest edges of the Colombian and Ecuadorian Andes, and in open areas close to paramo (Belmira and Caicedo, Antioquia, about 3,000-3,450 m). Protected-area lists include Las Orquideas National Park and La Planada reserve. Whether it grows mainly on the ground or in trees is not stated in the sources opened; the open, near-paramo records suggest it is at least often terrestrial.
Specimens and observations run from about 1,725 m to about 3,450 m, most between about 2,900 and 3,450 m.
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