Guzmania vanvolxemii
A tank bromeliad of the wet premontane and montane forests on the eastern Andean slopes of Ecuador, also reported from Colombia. It was described in 1878 as Caraguata van-volxemii. Specimens come from about 900–1,850 m in Napo and Pastaza (Cordillera de los Guacamayos, Sumaco, the road from Baños to Mera), so it wants intermediate temperatures, constant moisture and humid, moving air.
Where it grows wild
Herbarium labels describe premontane wet forest and tropical montane wet forest, including primary forest near Archidona. Like most Guzmania it is presumably an epiphyte, holding water in a central tank. The labels don't record whether it grows on trees or on the ground.
The Ecuadorian specimens span about 900–1,850 m, with most at 1,400–1,700 m.
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