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Other Little published: much of this is inferred from related species

Vriesea castaneobulbosa

A high-elevation bromeliad endemic to Costa Rica's Cordillera de Talamanca, collected at about 2,050 to 2,850 m around Cuericí, Los Santos, Dota and the Savegre valley, near montane oak forest. Little has been published about its ecology. It should be treated as a cold-tolerant cloud-forest plant that needs cool nights all year.

Vriesea castaneobulbosa
Photo: Ragnhild&Neil Crawford from Sweden, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Known from montane oak (Quercus) forest in the Talamanca highlands, with one collection from a roadside next to oak forest in the Río Savegre valley. A collector's note describes narrowly triangular leaves and a curved inflorescence whose bracts hide the stalk. The epithet refers to a chestnut-brown, bulb-like base. The sources do not state its growth form; at these sites it is most likely epiphytic on mossy oaks, and possibly also grows on banks.

GBIF specimens span 2,050 to 2,850 m (median about 2,500 m).

Costa Rica

🔒 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 2.0 licence, unmodified.