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Guzmania pearcei

A Guzmania of wet premontane and lower montane forest in the northern Andes, recorded mainly from Colombia and Ecuador, with scattered records from Costa Rica and Peru. Specimens cluster between about 1,350 and 2,300 m, so it wants mild, even temperatures, constant humidity and shade rather than lowland heat. Species-level detail on its habit and flowers is thin in accessible sources.

Guzmania pearcei
Photo: Dario Taraborelli, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
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

Premontane and lower montane rainforest (bosque pluvial premontano, bosque muy humedo montano bajo), including oak forest with Quercus humboldtii, secondary forest and disturbed mature forest. Like most Guzmania it grows in the forest interior, probably on trunks and low branches and sometimes on the ground; the labels rarely say which.

ColombiaEcuadorPeruCosta Rica

🔒 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. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC0 licence, unmodified.