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Pitcairnia carnososepala is a terrestrial or epiphytic bromeliad from eastern Ecuador's moist forests, grown mainly by collectors. Keep it humid, bright but filtered, and evenly moist with excellent drainage.
Pitcairnia carnososepala, synonym Pepinia carnososepala, is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae, endemic to Ecuador. It was first described by Werner Rauh and Elvira Angela Gross in 1987. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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 carnososepala 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.
