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Racinaea crispa

A small epiphytic bromeliad of humid montane forest from Panama through Colombia to southern Ecuador, mostly recorded around 1,100–1,800 m. Grow it like a cool-intermediate Tillandsia that dislikes drying out: mounted, in bright shade, with high humidity and moving air.

Racinaea crispa
Photo: Timm Stolten, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets 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

Epiphyte on branches in premontane and montane cloud forest, where mist and frequent rain keep it moist; generalised from Racinaea.

Recorded from about 740–2,600 m, median 1,700 m.

ColombiaEcuadorPanamá

🔒 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.