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Aechmea tayoensis

Aechmea tayoensis
Photo: Daderot, Public domain

Aechmea tayoensis is a little-studied epiphytic bromeliad from Morona-Santiago Province in Ecuador, growing on trees in moist lowland forest. Little is documented about its cultivation, so treat care as that of a typical humid-tropical Aechmea.

Family
Bromeliaceae (Pineapple family)
Grows as
Epiphyte
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Keep the central cup filled with fresh water and let the potting mix dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Loose, fast-draining epiphyte mix of bark, perlite and peat.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Ecuador (Moreno-Santiago)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Aechmea tayoensis is a species of plant in the family Bromeliaceae. It is endemic to Morona-Santiago Province in Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Other Aechmea plants

Aechmea apocalyptica · Aechmea blumenavii · Amazonian Zebra Plant · Brazilian Vaseplant · Urnplant · Coralberry · Aechmea gamosepala · Aechmea kleinii · Aechmea lueddemanniana · Arghan · Christmas Jewels · Aechmea rubens

[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aechmea tayoensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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