Plant Wiki

The open plant encyclopedia

Know any plant.
Grow it well.

Snap a photo or search by any name to see how to care for it, where it comes from, whether it's safe, and a 3D model you can turn.

  • 13,000+plants with full pages
  • 365,000+plant species worldwide
  • 220+countries covered

Common in

See all

The plants people record most in your country, and ones that grow there wild.

What do you want to do?

Popular plants

Browse all plants

See them in 3D

All plants in 3D

Browse plants

Filter by what you want to do, shape, origin, country, care and safety.

Plant Wiki › Browse plants

Pitcairnia bergii

Pitcairnia bergii is a rare bromeliad from the lower Andes of Ecuador, known from only two small populations in El Oro Province. It is grown only occasionally in collections, and its care follows the general needs of forest-floor Pitcairnia species.

Family
Bromeliaceae (Pineapple family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Bright indirect, Part shade
Water
Keep the central cup and soil lightly moist, and let the top of the mix dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Loose, well-draining epiphytic or terrestrial mix with bark, perlite and peat.
Temperature
15–27 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Ecuador (El Oro)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Pitcairnia bergii is a species of plant in the family Bromeliaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador, where it is known from only two subpopulations in El Oro Province. It grows in the forests of the lower Andes, where it is threatened by habitat destruction.

Other Pitcairnia plants

Pitcairnia subg. Pepinia · Pitcairnia abundans · Pitcairnia aequatorialis · Pitcairnia agavifolia · Pitcairnia alata · Pitcairnia albiflos · Pitcairnia albifolia · Pitcairnia alborubra · Pitcairnia alexanderi · Pitcairnia altensteinii · Pitcairnia amblyosperma · Pitcairnia amboroensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pitcairnia bergii 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.

Credits & terms

Identify a plant

Point at a leaf or flower and snap. One plant in frame works best.

Your photo
Starting camera…