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Pitcairnia elongata is a little-documented bromeliad from the pineapple family, native to Ecuador and nearby Andean regions, that grows as a climbing epiphyte in humid tropical forest. Keep it humid, bright and well drained, as for other epiphytic Pitcairnia.
Pitcairnia elongata is a plant species in the genus Pitcairnia. This species is native to Ecuador.
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 elongata 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.
