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
Semi-thick form
Tillandsia (Diaphoranthema) usneoides (Linnaeus) Linnaeus (1762) Semi-thick form
- [ Etymology ] genus Usnea + oides in Latin (similar to)
- The rosette is composed of relatively thick leaves
- [ Small size ] W 3 cm x L 50 cm
- [ Petal ] Green
- [ Bract ] Green
- [ Spring bloomer ] April - June
- [ Flowering ] for 3 days
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 keeps growing.
- Cultivation condition up to this point
- Partial sun, Dipping,
- Hanging, Full air conditioning
- May 2023 Leaves at the bottom side of foliages bean to die.
- 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 The seed pod of the 2019 flowers opened and seeds were scattered.
- Apr. 2019 It flowered.
- Mar. 2019 Seed pods opened and seeds were scattered.