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Guzmania subcorymbosa

An epiphytic Guzmania of wet forest from Costa Rica and Panama to Colombia, mostly between 50 and 1900 m. It wants warm, humid, shaded conditions year-round, with only a short, slightly drier spell early in the year.

Guzmania subcorymbosa
Photo: Arnaud Fafournoux, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets 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

Wet lowland to premontane forest on the Caribbean and Pacific slopes. It is an epiphyte like most Guzmania; the GBIF (Colombian catalogue) description gives 50–1860 m.

GBIF records give 10–1930 m, median 600 m (49 records); the Colombian catalogue gives 50–1860 m.

ColombiaCosta RicaPanamá

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✓ 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.