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Connellia caricifolia

Connellia caricifolia is a bromeliad from the Gran Sabana region of southeastern Venezuela and neighbouring Guyana, where it grows as an epiphyte in wet tropical forest. It is rarely cultivated, so care advice here is based on the needs of related tillandsioid and Connellia bromeliads.

Family
Bromeliaceae (Pineapple family)
Grows as
Epiphyte
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Keep the central cup filled with soft water and let the potting medium stay barely moist between waterings.
Soil
Loose, fast-draining epiphyte mix of bark, sphagnum and perlite, or mounted on a log.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. Venezuela (Gran Sabana) to Guyana (Mt. Roraima)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Connellia caricifolia is a plant species in the genus Connellia. This species is endemic to Venezuela.

Other Connellia plants

Connellia augustae · Connellia nahoumii · Connellia nutans · Connellia quelchii · Connellia varadarajanii · Connellia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Connellia caricifolia 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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