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Brocchinia uaipanensis is a rare bromeliad from the tepuis (table-top mountains) of southern Venezuela, formerly placed in its own genus Ayensua. It is a specialist plant of rocky, seasonally dry highland sites and is seldom grown in cultivation.
Brocchinia uaipanensis is a species of bromeliad (family Bromeliaceae) endemic to southern Venezuela. It has been treated as the sole species in the genus Ayensua under the synonym Ayensua uaipanensis, but Ayensua is now included in Brocchinia. The species was first described in 1957 by Bassett Maguire as Barbacenia uaipanensis.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Brocchinia uaipanensis 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.
