Guzmania melinonis

A bromeliad of northern South America, from the Guianas and Venezuela through the Amazon to Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. Like most Guzmania it is a rosette-forming epiphyte of humid tropical forest, holding water in its central tank. Published detail on its habitat is thin, so grow it like other warm, humid-forest guzmanias.

At home, aim for

Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Humid tropical forest of the Guiana Shield and the Amazon basin. Specific habitat notes were not found; guzmanias of these forests are mainly epiphytes on trunks and branches in shade to dappled light.

Not given in the sources consulted; its range is mainly lowland to submontane.

French GuianaSurinameGuyanaVenezuelaColombiaEcuadorPeruBoliviaBrazil (Amazonas)

🔒 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.