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Racinaea spiculosa

A widespread small epiphytic bromeliad found from Costa Rica and Hispaniola to Bolivia and southern Brazil, mostly in humid montane and lowland forest. It grows mounted on branches with bright filtered light, frequent misting and constant airflow.

Racinaea spiculosa
Photo: Fabrício Mil Homens Riella, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets 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

Epiphyte on trunks and branches in wet lowland, premontane and montane forest, including tepui slopes and Atlantic Forest.

Recorded from sea level to 3,300 m, median about 1,100 m; most records come from humid mid-elevation forest.

Costa RicaPanamaColombiaVenezuelaGuyanaSurinameFrench GuianaEcuadorPeruBoliviaBrazilDominican RepublicTrinidad and Tobago

🔒 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 4.0 licence, unmodified.