Pitcairnia squarrosa SEEDS

Pitcairnia squarrosa seeds grow into a bromeliad native to the wet tropical biome of South America from the humid forests of Colombia, Ecuador and adjacent northern Andes. The epithet squarrosa means ‘rough’ or ‘spreading outwards at right angles’, referring to the leaf or bract orientation. A member of subfamily Pitcairnioideae producing tall scapes with large, typically red to orange tubular flowers above the spreading leaf rosette. Family Bromeliaceae.

Bright indirect light; moist but well-drained substrate; high humidity; warm tropical Andean conditions.

• ‘Squarrosa’ = rough/outward-spreading; leaf or bract orientation at right angles to stem
• Tall scapes with large red to orange tubular flowers; spreading leaf rosette; no water tank
• N. South America (Colombia, Ecuador) wet tropical biome; northern Andean humid forests
• Subfamily Pitcairnioideae; genus ~400 species; named after William Pitcairn (17111791)
• Bright indirect light; moist substrate; high humidity; warm tropical; Family Bromeliaceae

Pitcairnia squarrosa is the outward-spreading bromeliad of the northern Andes its rough, outward-spreading leaf or bract arrangement giving it a distinctive architectural form among the wet tropical Pitcairnia of Colombia and Ecuador.

IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.