USA, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Bahama, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Leeward Islands, Windward Islands, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Chille, Paraguay, Argentina
USA (Virginia, North Carolin, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas),
Mexico (Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Baja California, Durango, Sinaloa, San Luis Potosí, Veracruz, Nayarit, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Puebla, Tlaxcala, Michoacán, México, Morelos, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Yucatán),
Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Bahama, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Leeward Islands, Windward Islands,
Colombia (La Guajira, Atlántico, Bolívar, Norte de Santander, Santander, Antioquia, Boyacá, Cundinamarca, Tolimae, Valle del Cauca, Cauca, Nariño, Meta),
Venezuela (Sucre, Monagas, Delta Amacuro, Anzoátegui, Miranda, Distrito Federal, Aragua, Carabobo, Lara, Mérida, Apure, Bolívar),
Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname,
Ecuador (Manabí, Guayas, El Ono, Imbabura, Pichincha, Tungurahua, Chimborazo, Azuay, Loja),
Peru (Piura, Amazonas, La Libertad, Ancash, Lima, Huánuco, Ayacucho, Apurímac, Cuzco),
Bolivia (La Paz, Cochabamba, Santa Cruz, Chuquisaca),
Brazil (Pará, Ceará, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul),
Chille (Aconcagua, Bío-bío, La Araucanía),
Paraguay (Artigas, Soriano),
Argentina (Jujuy, Salta, Tucumán, Chaco, Córdoba, Corrientes, Buenos Aires)
0 - 3,300 m elevation
Epiphytic
Tillandsia usneoides
Narrow form
Tillandsia (Diaphoranthema) usneoides (Linnaeus) Linnaeus (1762) Narrow form
- [ Etymology ] genus Usnea + oides in Latin (similar to)
- Leaves are very narrow and covered with few trichomes.
- Very low tolerance for a dry condition. It needs high frequency watering.
- [ Small size ] W 1 cm x L 20 cm
- [ Plant ]
Classification
- genus Tillandsia
- subgenus Diaphoranthema
- recurvata group
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 shade, Soaking and misting,
- Hanging, Full air conditioning
- Feb. 2024 It began to grow again.
- Cultivation condition up to this point
- Partial sun, Dipping,
- Hanging, Full air conditioning
- May 2023 Most of foliages died.
- Cultivation condition up to this point
- Partial sun, Long soaking,
- Hanging, Full air conditioning
- Nov. 2021 It keeps growing.
- Cultivation condition up to this point
- Partial shade, Long soaking,
- Hanging, Summer air conditioning
- Apr. 2020 It keeps growing.
- Apr. 2018 Good condition.