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Navia lactea

Navia lactea is a little-known terrestrial or lithophytic bromeliad from the Pineapple family, native to Amazonas state in Venezuela. Growing it is most likely a matter of mimicking its humid, wet tropical habitat with bright, filtered light and well-draining but moisture-retentive growing media.

Family
Bromeliaceae (Pineapple family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Keep the central cup and the mix lightly moist, watering when the top layer begins to dry.
Soil
Free-draining, airy mix such as bromeliad compost with bark, perlite and some peat or coir.
Temperature
18–29 °C; protect below 13 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Venezuela (Amazonas)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Navia lactea is a plant species in the genus Navia. This species is endemic to Venezuela.

Other Navia plants

Brewcaria brocchinioides · Brewcaria duidensis · Brewcaria hechtioides · Brewcaria hohenbergioides · Brewcaria marahuacae · Brewcaria reflexa · Brewcaria · Navia abysmophila · Navia affinis · Navia aliciae · Navia aloifolia · Navia arida

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Navia lactea 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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