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A widely distributed species ranging from Colombia through Bolivia to Chile. It grows from sea level up to 3,000 m on rocks and desert sand, and also on trees in dry areas.
Native to Guerrero in Mexico, where it grows as an epiphyte on tall trees at about 1500 m. The specific epithet derives from El Paraiso, the area of the type locality.
Distributed from Florida, USA, through the Bahamas, Cuba, and Hispaniola, eastern Mexico, and Central America, to Colombia and Venezuela, this species grows epiphytically on low forest and scrub at elevations of 0-1500 m.
Native to El Salvador, growing in cloud forest on lake margins at elevations of 1300 to 1640 m.
Native to Mexico, where it grows in somewhat moist habitats at high elevations of 1,300 to 2,400 m. The specific epithet derives from the Latin plumosus, meaning feathery.
Tillandsia pohliana is distributed across Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina, growing on rocks and epiphytically in thickets and dry woods at elevations of 750 to 1500 m.
Tillandsia polystachia occurs from the West Indies and Mexico south to Brazil and Bolivia, growing as an epiphyte at elevations from sea level to 1800 meters.
A species known from the Apurimac region of southern Peru, where it occurs at around 2,200 m in the Apurimac valley between Andahuaylas and Abancay. It has been recorded from a narrow area and was described in 1974.
A species from Mexico, growing on rocks at around 1,650 m.
Large hemiepiphytic species with velvety, dark green leaves and many small fenestrations along the midrib.