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Guzmania nidularioides

A Colombian Andean Guzmania with a nest-like, Nidularium-style rosette, well recorded from the cordilleras of Antioquia, Caldas and Valle del Cauca. The Colombian plant catalogue puts it at 1420 to 2450 m, so it is a cool-growing cloud-forest tank epiphyte that needs cool nights, high humidity and year-round moisture.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Very humid airBand in Plantistry

Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Epiphyte, sometimes on mossy rocks, in Andean cloud forest and upper premontane forest of the western and central cordilleras of Colombia. The compact rosette with its sunken inflorescence holds water and litter like a Nidularium.

1420 to 2450 m according to the Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia; GBIF records show 1515 to 3280 m but most of the 3280 m values look like one dataset's default.

Colombia

🔒 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.