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Guzmania ventricosa is an epiphytic bromeliad from northern Venezuela, grown for its rosette of leaves and colourful bracts. Grow it in bright, humid conditions with water kept in the central cup and the medium kept lightly moist.
Guzmania ventricosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae. This species is endemic to Venezuela.
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 ventricosa 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.
