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

Guzmania patula

A small, widespread epiphytic Guzmania found from Costa Rica through the northern Andes to western Amazonia, described in 1916. Field records show it on trees in gallery forest, tall humid forest, secondary growth and even pasture trees, mostly between about 700 and 1,900 m, so it is a fairly adaptable species of warm to mild humid forest.

At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets 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

An epiphyte on trunks and branches in humid forest. Colombian field records place it in riverside gallery forest, tall closed forest, tall secondary vegetation, secondary forest and on scattered trees in pasture, which suggests it tolerates a range of light from shaded forest to fairly open trees.

GBIF records with elevations run from near sea level in Costa Rica to about 1,930 m in Boyacá, Colombia, with many between 700 and 950 m on the eastern Andean foothills.

Costa RicaPanamaColombiaVenezuelaEcuadorPeruBrazil (Amazonas)

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✓ 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.