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Werauhia sanguinolenta

A large tank bromeliad from lowland and premontane wet forests of Central America, northern South America and the Greater Antilles, known for broad leaves often spotted or flushed dark red. It wants warmth, high humidity, filtered light and a tank that is kept topped up.

Werauhia sanguinolenta
Photo: Bromels, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets 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

Grows epiphytically on trunks and branches in humid lowland rainforest, sometimes also on rocks or the ground, from the Caribbean slope of Central America to the Chocó and western Amazon.

Recorded from sea level to about 2,350 m, but most records are lowland (median about 350 m).

Costa RicaPanamaColombiaNicaraguaEcuadorBoliviaVenezuelaCubaJamaicaDominican Republic

🔒 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 3.0 licence, unmodified.