USA, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Jamaica, Dominica, Puerto Rico, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia
USA (Floria),
Mexico (San Luis Potosí, Veracruz, Puebla, Michoacán, Chiapas, Quintana Roo)
Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Jamaica, Dominica, Puerto Rico
Colombia (Magdalena, Norte de Santander, Cundinamarca, Santander, Valle del Cauca),
Venezuela (Anzoátegui, Miranda, Distrito Federal, Zulia),
Ecuador (Manabí, Guayas, Loja),
Bolivia (Cochabamba)
0 - 2,200 m elevation
Epiphytic
Tillandsia variabilis
Tillandsia (Tillandsia) variabilis Schlechtendal (1845)
- [ Etymology ] variabilis in Latin (variable, easy to change)
- The rosette is composed of flat leaves covered with few trichomes. There is a wide variety of leaf color from green to red.
- It resembles Tillandsia jacob-bakii but the flower spike of Tillandsia jacob-bakii turns red during the flowering period.
- [ Width ] 5 cm
- [ Height ] 10 cm
- [ Petal ] Purple
- [ Bract ] Red
- [ Flower ] January
- [ Flower ] for 1 - 7 days
- [ Cultivar ]
- 'Cartago' (White flower)
Classification
- [ Genus ] Tillandsia
- [ Subgenus ] Tillandsia
- [ Species ] variabilis
- [ Synonyms ]
- Tillandsia brachypoda Baker (1887)
- Tillandsia domingensis Mez (1919)
- Tillandsia houzeavii É. Morren ex Baker (1889)
- Tillandsia kunthiana sensu Grisebach
- Tillandsia laxa Grisebach (1864)
- Tillandsia moritziana Klotzsch ex Beer (1856)
- Tillandsia purpusii Mez (1916)
- Tillandsia sublaxa Baker (1887)
- Tillandsia valenzuelana A. Richard (1850)
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
- Mar. 2025 It keeps growing.
- Jul. 2023 The capsule opened and seeds were scattered.
- Jul. 2023 An offset began to grow.
- Apr. 2023 The foliage bloomed in 2021 died and was removed.
- Mar. 2023 Capsules began to grow.
- Jan. 2023 It flowered.
- Nov. 2022 An inflorescence began to grow.
- Up to this point
- Partial sun, Long soaking, Shelving, AC / Heater
- Nov. 2021 It keeps growing.
- Jul. 2021 Capsules opened and seeds were scattered.
- Jul. 2021 An offset began to grow.
- Mar. 2021 Capsules began to grow.
- Jan. 2021 It flowered.
- Nov. 2020 An inflorescence began to grow.
- Sep. 2020 Roots began to grow.
- Jul. 2020 Good condition.