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Racinaea spiculosa

Racinaea spiculosa
Photo: Fabrício Mil Homens Riella, CC BY 4.0

Racinaea spiculosa is an epiphytic bromeliad from tropical America, growing on trees rather than in soil. It does best with bright, humid conditions and good air movement around its rosette.

Family
Bromeliaceae (Pineapple family)
Grows as
Epiphyte
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water the central cup and mist the foliage regularly, letting the potting medium dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Loose, fast-draining epiphyte mix of bark, sphagnum and perlite, or mount on bark or cork.
Temperature
18–29 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Trop. America
Climate
wet tropical

About

Racinaea spiculosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae. This species is native to Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Venezuela and Ecuador.

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 inconspicua · Racinaea insularis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Racinaea spiculosa 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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