Sign in Start free
Species library › Guzmania › Guzmania plumieri
Other Well documented

Guzmania plumieri

Guzmania plumieri is the large bromeliad of the volcanic peaks of the Lesser Antilles, growing as a terrestrial or low epiphyte in montane rainforest and elfin woodland on Guadeloupe, Martinique, Dominica and Montserrat, mostly between 700 and 1360 m.

Guzmania plumieri
Photo: Patrice78500, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows in the ground

Where it grows wild

Grows in the mossy montane rainforest and wind-clipped elfin thickets around the summits of the Soufrière, Pelée, Morne Diablotins and the Montserrat hills, often rooted in the ground or in deep moss on low trunks. These slopes sit in cloud for much of the day, receive several metres of rain a year and are swept by the trade winds.

Recorded from 10 to 1362 m, median about 1230 m (16 records); the sea-level record is an outlier.

GuadeloupeMartiniqueDominicaMontserratSaint Lucia

🔒 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

Grow Guzmania plumieri? Add it to a free garden and its full profile opens. Pro opens all 38,374 profiles in the library, plants and fungi.

Start free Sign in

More Guzmania

Guzmania monostachia Guzmania musaica Guzmania desautelsii Guzmania lingulata Guzmania sanguinea Guzmania wittmackii Guzmania zahnii Guzmania angustifolia Guzmania candelabrum Guzmania coriostachya Guzmania gloriosa Guzmania graminifolia All 228 →

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 CC BY-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.