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Pitcairnia harlingii

Pitcairnia harlingii is a perennial bromeliad from Ecuador that grows in humid tropical forest. Keep it warm and humid, and avoid waterlogging the crown.

Family
Bromeliaceae (Pineapple family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the central cup and the soil lightly moist, and let the top of the mix dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Fast-draining epiphyte or terrestrial bromeliad mix with added bark or perlite.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Ecuador
Climate
wet tropical

About

Pitcairnia harlingii is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae, endemic to Ecuador. It was first described by Lyman Bradford Smith in 1961. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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 harlingii 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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