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Guzmania angustifolia

Guzmania angustifolia
Photo: Timm Stolten, CC BY-SA 3.0

Guzmania angustifolia is an epiphytic bromeliad from Central and northern South America that grows on trees in humid forests. Grow it in bright, humid, warm conditions and keep water in its central cup rather than relying on the soil.

Family
Bromeliaceae (Pineapple family)
Grows as
Epiphyte
Light
Bright indirect, Part shade
Water
Keep the central cup filled with clean water and let the potting mix stay barely moist; flush the cup every few weeks.
Soil
Fast-draining epiphyte mix of bark, sphagnum and perlite, or mounted on bark.
Temperature
18–29 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Easy
Native range
Nicaragua to Ecuador
Climate
wet tropical

About

Guzmania angustifolia is a species of flowering plant in the Bromeliaceae family. It is native to Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador.

Other Guzmania plants

Guzmania acorifolia · Guzmania acuminata · Guzmania acutispica · Guzmania aequatorialis · Guzmania albescens · Guzmania alborosea · Guzmania alcantareoides · Guzmania altsonii · Guzmania amplectens · Guzmania andreettae · Guzmania asplundii · Guzmania atrocastanea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Guzmania angustifolia 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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