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Aechmea tillandsioides

A small, widespread epiphytic bromeliad of lowland rainforest from southern Mexico to Bolivia and northern Brazil. It lives on branches in warm, humid air with year-round rain, and is an easy, compact plant for a warm, bright terrarium or mount.

Aechmea tillandsioides
Photo: Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794-1868), August Wilhelm Eichler (1839-1887), Ignaz Urban (1848-1931), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

An epiphyte on trees in lowland and foothill tropical forest, where bright light filters through the canopy. Like other Aechmea it holds water in a central tank.

Records span 0–2600 m, but the median is 199 m; most plants grow in the lowlands.

MexicoBelizeGuatemalaHondurasNicaraguaCosta RicaPanamaColombiaVenezuelaGuyanaSurinameEcuadorPeruBoliviaBrazil North

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its Public domain licence, unmodified.