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Guzmania roseiflora

An endangered epiphytic bromeliad endemic to the western Andean slopes of northern Ecuador in Pichincha province. It is recorded from cloud forest at Bosque Integral Otonga and around Santo Domingo, at roughly 1300 to 2050 m. Grow it like other cloud-forest Guzmania: cool to intermediate, constantly humid and in soft light.

Guzmania roseiflora
Photo: Timm Stolten, 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 Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

It is an epiphyte in subtropical to tropical moist montane forest (IUCN). Herbarium collections come from Bosque Integral Otonga, a cloud-forest reserve at about 2000 m, and from the Santo Domingo area at 1300 m.

Wild collections span 1300 to 2042 m, with most between 1725 and 2042 m.

Ecuador

🔒 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 CC BY-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.