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
Tillandsia (Diaphoranthema) usneoides (Linnaeus) Linnaeus (1762)
- [ Etymology ] genus Usnea + oides in Latin (similar to)
- The long pendulous rosette is composed of alternate leaves. There are various forms of thickness and degrees of curl.
- Flowers give off a fragrance.
- [ Width ] 30 cm
- [ Length ] 50 cm
- [ Petal ] Green
- [ Bract ] Green
- [ Flower ] April - June
- [ Flower ] for 3 days
- [ Cultivar ]
- Thick form
- Semi-thick form
- Narrow form
- 'Curly Orange'
Classification
- [ Genus ] Tillandsia
- [ Subgenus ] Diaphoranthema
- [ Group ] recurvata
- [ Species ] usneoides
- [ Variety ]
- cretacea => Tillandsia usneoides
- ferruginea => Tillandsia usneoides
- filiformis => Tillandsia usneoides
- longissima => Tillandsia usneoides
- robusta => Tillandsia usneoides
- [ Form ]
- aureiflora => Tillandsia usneoides 'Curly Orange'
- cretacea => Tillandsia usneoides
- crispa => Tillandsia usneoides
- ferruginea => Tillandsia usneoides
- filiformis => Tillandsia usneoides
- genuina => Tillandsia usneoides
- longissima => Tillandsia usneoides
- major => Tillandsia usneoides
- robusta => Tillandsia usneoides
- [ Synonyms ]
- Spanish moss
- Tillandsia crinita Willdenow ex Beer (1856)
- Tillandsia filiformis Lodd. ex Shultes f. (1830)
- Tillandsia minuta Vahl ex Morren
- Tillandsia muscoides Herb. Breudel ex Morren
- Tillandsia pendula Louvain Hortus ex Schultes and Schultes f.
- Tillandsia trichoides Kunth
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.
2nd Plant
- Cultivation condition
- Partial shade, Soaking and misting, Hanging, AC / Heater
- Mar. 2025 It keeps growing.
- May 2022 It flowered.
- Up to this point
- Partial sun, Soaking and misting, Hanging, AC / Heater
- Nov. 2021 It keeps growing.
- May 2020 It flowered.
- Up to this point
- Partial shade, Soaking and misting, Hanging, Summer AC
- Apr. 2020 It keeps growing.
- Apr. 2019 It flowered.
- May 2018 It flowered.
- Up to this point
- Partial shade, Long soaking, Hanging, Indoors
- Apr. 2018 Inflorescences began to grow.
- May 2017 It flowered.
- Aug. 2016 A root began to grow.
- May 2016 It flowered.
- Apr. 2016 Inflorescences began to grow.
- Sep. 2015 A root began to grow.
- Jul. 2015 Good condition.
1st Plant
- Cultivation condition
- Partial shade, Long soaking, Hanging, Indoors
- Mar. 2009 The foliage was decreased drastically.
- Oct. 2006 Moved to another site. Cultivation condition is almost same as the previous site.
- Oct. 2005 The foliage was decreased.
- Sep. 2004 The foliage was increased.
- Aug. 2004 The temperature rises above 30 °C for 40 days, and the highest temperature was over 39 °C.