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Vriesea versaliensis

Vriesea × versaliensis is an old European garden hybrid, published in L'Illustration Horticole in 1889 (Truffaut ex Rodigas), not a wild species. The name refers to Versailles, where the Truffaut nursery worked. Grow it like the soft-leaved, green-leaved Atlantic Forest Vriesea it was bred from: bright filtered light, warm days, mild nights and a filled leaf tank.

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

A cultivated hybrid with no natural habitat. Its conditions are taken from the Atlantic Forest tank Vriesea used in 19th-century European hybridising, which grow as epiphytes in humid forest.

No wild elevation; parent species grow mostly from near sea level to about 1000 m.

🔒 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.