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Guzmania squarrosa

An Andean tank bromeliad that grows much higher than most Guzmania: most dated wild records in Colombia and Ecuador sit around 3,000–3,400 m in upper montane cloud forest. That means cool days, cold nights and near-constant mist. It is a plant for a cool, humid enclosure, not a warm windowsill.

Guzmania squarrosa
Photo: Timm Stolten, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Cool-growingTargets 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 on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

An epiphytic tank bromeliad of wet upper montane and cloud forest in the Andes, where it grows on trunks and branches and sometimes on the ground at forest edges. Very little published ecology exists for this species.

The 158 GBIF records with an elevation span 1,000–3,570 m, median 3,190 m and middle half 3,020–3,370 m. It is mainly a high-montane plant.

ColombiaVenezuelaEcuadorPeruBoliviaGuyana

🔒 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.