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Vriesea simplex

A medium-sized epiphytic Vriesea with soft green leaves and a long, hanging, flattened red-and-yellow flower spike. It grows mainly in the humid Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil and is also reported from Trinidad, Venezuela and Colombia. It wants warmth, bright shade and constantly humid, moving air.

Vriesea simplex
Photo: Gilmar R. Ferreira, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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

An epiphyte on trees in humid lowland and montane Atlantic Forest, including dense montane forest and cloud forest. It often grows low on trunks near streams and coastal slopes, and some herbarium records come from rocks.

Brazilian records run from near sea level on the coast around Ubatuba to montane forest around Nova Friburgo and Santa Teresa, probably to about 1000 m. Few records carry an elevation.

São PauloRio de JaneiroEspírito SantoVenezuela and TrinidadColombia

🔒 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 4.0 licence, unmodified.