México, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Jamaica, Dominica, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Ecuador, Bolivia
México (Sinaloa, Nayarit, Jalisco, Hidalgo, Veracruz, México, Michoacán, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Chiapas),
Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama,
Cuba, Jamaica, Dominica,
Colombia (Magdalena, Santander, Antioquia, Cundinamarca, Tolima, Valle del Cauca, Huila),
Venezuela (Sucre, Monagas, Anzoátegui, Miranda, Distrito Federal, Aragua, Falcón, Zulia, Mérida, Barinas),
Trinidad and Tobago,
Ecuador (El Oro),
Bolivia (Pando, La Paz, Cochabamba)
5 - 2,416 m elevation
Terrestrial, Epiphytic
Tillandsia juncea
Tillandsia (Tillandsia) juncea Poiret (1817)
- [ Etymology ] junceus in Latin (rushes, grass-like plants)
- Trichome-rich form distributed in México and Guatemala.
- Grass-like rosette having narrow and long leaves.
- [ Width ] 20 cm
- [ Height ] 50 cm
- [ Petal ] Violet
- [ Bract ] Red
- [ Flower ] January - March
- [ Flower ] for 3 months
Classification
- [ Genus ] Tillandsia
- [ Subgenus ] Tillandsia
- [ Species ] juncea
- [ Form ]
- juncifolia (Less trichomes and offsets on strons)
- [ Synonyms ]
- Tillandsia juncifolia Regel (1874) => Tillandsia juncea forma juncifolia
- Tillandsia quadrangularis M. Martens and Galeotti (1843)
- Tillandsia setacea sensu Baker
- Tillandsia staticiflora Hort. Paris. ex Regel
Cultivation
Informations summarized here are based on our experiences, and TrekGEO does not guarantee the results by cultivating in the same or similar conditions described here. Even a species of Tillandsia differs substantially between individuals, and is very sensitive in changes of environments. Applicatons of any idea inspired by this site should be at your own risks.
1st Plant
- Cultivation condition
- Partial sun, Dipping, Shelving, AC / Heater
- Jul 2025 Roots began to grow.
- Aug 2022 The foliage flowered in 2018 died and was removed.
- Apr 2022 Roots began to grow.
- Up to this point
- Partial sun, Long soaking, Shelving, AC / Heater
- Nov 2021 It keeps growing.
- Up to this point
- Partial shade, Long soaking, Shelving, Summer AC
- Apr 2020 It keeps growing.
- May 2019 The capsules opened and seeds were scattered.
- Jun 2018 4th offset began to grow.
- May 2018 A seed pod began to grow.
- Up to this point
- Partial shade, Long soaking, Shelving, Indoors
- Apr 2018 3 offsets began to grow at the bottom of the foliage at the last stage of the blooming period.
- Feb 2018 The 1st and 2nd side spikes flowered.
- Jan 2018 The main spike flowered.
- Sep 2017 An inflorescence began to grow.
- Jun 2017 Many roots began to grow.
- Jun 2016 Many roots began to grow.
- Jul 2015 Roots began to grow.
- Jun 2015 Good condition.