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Guzmania bipartita

Guzmania bipartita is an epiphytic bromeliad from the Andes of Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador, grown for its colourful bracts and rosette of leaves. Keep the central cup filled with water and give it bright, filtered light.

Family
Bromeliaceae (Pineapple family)
Grows as
Epiphyte
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Keep the central cup full of soft water and let the potting mix dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Loose, well-draining epiphyte mix of bark, peat and perlite, or mounted on bark or wood.
Temperature
18–29 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Easy
Safety
Not known to be toxic
Native range
W. South America
Climate
wet tropical

About

Guzmania bipartita is a plant species in the genus Guzmania. This species is native to Peru, Bolivia 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 angustifolia · Guzmania asplundii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Guzmania bipartita 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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