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Other Little published: much of this is inferred from related species

Guzmania nubigena

A Venezuelan endemic Guzmania whose name means 'born of the clouds'. The dated records sit at about 1100–1250 m in the Coastal Range, which points to cloud forest: mild, frequently misty and wetter than the coarse regional climate data suggests.

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

An epiphytic bromeliad, presumably of cloud forest in the Venezuelan Coastal Range where the records fall; its microhabitat is not documented in the sources we could open.

Recorded at 1100–1250 m (median 1200 m). One outlying record is at about 110 m in Bolívar state.

Venezuela

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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.