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Racinaea steyermarkii

Racinaea steyermarkii is an epiphytic bromeliad from the pineapple family, native to wet tropical forests of Venezuela and Colombia. Grow it mounted or in an airy epiphyte mix with bright filtered light and good air movement.

Family
Bromeliaceae (Pineapple family)
Grows as
Epiphyte
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water the central cup and mix when the mix is nearly dry, and keep the cup filled with clean water in warm weather.
Soil
Loose, fast-draining epiphyte mix of bark, sphagnum and perlite, or mount on wood or cork.
Temperature
18–29 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Colombia to N. Venezuela
Climate
wet tropical

About

Racinaea steyermarkii is a plant species in the genus Racinaea. This species is native to Venezuela.

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 steyermarkii 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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