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Racinaea inconspicua

Racinaea inconspicua is a small epiphytic bromeliad from the cloud forests of northeastern Colombia and Ecuador, grown mainly by collectors of Racinaea species. It needs humid air, bright filtered light and good air movement around its roots rather than soil.

Family
Bromeliaceae (Pineapple family)
Grows as
Epiphyte
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water by misting or soaking the plant and let the central cup and roots dry slightly between waterings, keeping the central tank filled with fresh water.
Soil
Mounted on bark or in a very airy epiphyte mix of bark, sphagnum and perlite.
Temperature
15–26 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
NE. Colombia, Ecuador (Pichincha)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Racinaea inconspicua is a species of plant in the family Bromeliaceae. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Other Racinaea plants

Racinaea adpressa · Racinaea aeris-incola · Racinaea blassii · Racinaea crispa · Racinaea domingosmartinis · Racinaea dyeriana · Racinaea euryelytra · Racinaea flexuosa · Racinaea ghiesbreghtii · Racinaea hauggiae · Racinaea insularis · Racinaea jenmanii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Racinaea inconspicua 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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