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Neoregelia sarmentosa

A small tank bromeliad from the Atlantic Forest around Rio de Janeiro. It spreads by stolons into clusters of compact rosettes. Grow it warm and humid in bright, filtered light, with water in the cups, and mount it or use an open epiphyte mix.

Neoregelia sarmentosa
Photo: 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 Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Recorded in lowland and submontane Atlantic Forest near Rio de Janeiro and in the Espírito Santo–Rio border region. Like other stoloniferous Neoregelia, it probably grows as an epiphyte on trunks and branches, or on rocks, in bright, broken shade.

The few records with an elevation are at about 250 m. The full span of sites runs from near sea level to about 430 m.

Brazil Southeast

🔒 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.