Species in Tillandsia

Native to Cajamarca in Peru, where it grows on rocks at 750 to 800 m. The type specimen was collected at Cumbil-Lama in the Chota area.

A small, pendant species approximately 4 to 8 cm in diameter with subsucculent green leaves covered with coarse grey scales. Produces rose-colored floral bracts and pink flowers. Saxicolous, growing on steep rock walls. Known from a very restricted range in southeastern Brazil. Described by Ehlers in 1993 in the Journal of the Bromeliad Society.

Native to the Ancash region of Peru, this species grows on vertical rock walls at an elevation of around 2400 m. The specific epithet was named after Rudolf Tomek, who acted in favour of species conservation.

Occurs in the Mexican states of Aguascalientes, Durango, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi and Zacatecas, growing in the highlands at elevations of 1,850 to 2,250 m as an epiphyte or lithophyte, usually forming large clumps. The specific epithet means twisted in Latin and refers to the winding leaves.

Occurs in the Antofagasta region of Chile, growing on rocks between 350 and 450 m. The epithet means afraid of goats, referring to the very inaccessible places in which the species grows.