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Vriesea guttata

Vriesea guttata is a small epiphytic tank bromeliad from Brazil's Atlantic Forest, most common in Santa Catarina and Paraná. Its leaves are marked with dark spots (guttata means spotted). It grows on trunks and branches in humid primary forest from near sea level to about 1,900 m, so it takes cooler winters than lowland vrieseas.

Vriesea guttata
Photo: Lemaire, Charles Antoine, Public domain, 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 Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

An epiphyte on trunks and branches in humid Atlantic rainforest. Herbarium labels read 'in silva primaria, ad ramos arborum', 'in trunco arboris' and 'floresta, alto de encosta', meaning primary forest and upper slopes.

Recorded from sea level to 1,873 m, with a median of about 710 m, so mostly in submontane to montane forest.

Brazil SoutheastBrazil SouthBahia

🔒 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 Public domain licence, unmodified.