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Alcantarea roberto-kautskyi is a rare Brazilian bromeliad that grows on rocks (a lithophyte) in the tropical wet climate of northwest Espírito Santo. It is a specialist plant, grown mainly by collectors who give it bright light and well-draining conditions.
Alcantarea roberto-kautskyi is a plant species in the genus Alcantarea. This species is endemic to Brazil.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Alcantarea roberto-kautskyi 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.
