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Vriesea scalaris

An epiphytic tank bromeliad of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, known for its pendent flower spike with widely spaced, ladder-like red and yellow bracts. It grows on trees in shady, humid forest from Bahia south to Santa Catarina. In cultivation it wants bright shade, humid, moving air and a rosette that is never left sitting cold and wet.

Vriesea scalaris
Photo: Maja Dumat, CC BY 2.0, 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 ShadeDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

An epiphyte on trunks and branches in humid Atlantic Forest, typically in the shaded lower and middle levels of the forest. Wild records cluster in wet coastal and montane forest such as around Florianópolis and Brusque in Santa Catarina, Santa Teresa in Espírito Santo, Paranapiacaba in São Paulo and the hills of Nova Iguaçu in Rio de Janeiro.

Records carry no elevations. Its localities range from coastal lowlands near sea level to montane forest at about 700–900 m, such as Santa Teresa and Paranapiacaba.

Brazil

🔒 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 2.0 licence, unmodified.