Guzmania scandens
Described by Luther and Kress in 1996 from Costa Rica and Panama, this Guzmania has a scrambling, elongated habit unusual in the genus, hence the name. It is well documented, with over a hundred wild records in wet montane forest between about 700 and 1,700 m, and it wants the cool, wet conditions of the Talamanca cloud forests.
Where it grows wild
Wet premontane and lower montane forest of the Talamanca range and Panama's western highlands, growing as an epiphyte that spreads along mossy branches. It sits in dappled shade on trunks and limbs rather than in the open canopy.
Recorded 670 to 1,700 m, median 1,300 m from ninety-seven records.
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