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Guzmania gloriosa

Guzmania gloriosa
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0

Guzmania gloriosa is an epiphytic bromeliad from the tropical Andes, grown for its showy colored bracts and rosette of leaves. The key to growing it is bright, humid conditions with water kept in the central cup of the rosette.

Family
Bromeliaceae (Pineapple family)
Grows as
Epiphyte
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Keep the central cup filled with fresh water and let the potting mix barely dry between waterings.
Soil
Loose, fast-draining epiphyte mix of bark, peat or sphagnum with perlite.
Temperature
18–29 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Easy
Native range
Colombia to Ecuador, Bolivia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Guzmania gloriosa is a species of flowering plant in the Bromeliaceae family. It is native to 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 gloriosa 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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