Tillandsia aizoides
Tillandsia aizoides is a tiny, grey, cushion-forming tillandsia of subgenus Diaphoranthema. It is widespread in the dry sierras of central and north-west Argentina, from Córdoba, San Luis and La Rioja to San Juan and Catamarca, and in the high inter-Andean valleys of southern Bolivia. It lives in near full sun with hot, wet summers and dry, frosty winters. At home it needs very strong light, fast drying and a cold, dry winter.
Where it grows wild
It grows on rock (one label reads 'auf Granitfelsen', on granite rock) and on shrubs and small trees in open dry woodland, scrub and rocky slopes of the Sierras Pampeanas. In Bolivia it grows in dry river valleys at 1,800–3,200 m. Like other small Diaphoranthema species, it takes almost full sun.
GBIF elevations run from about 580 m to 3,750 m, with a median near 1,800 m. The Argentine records are mostly in the sierras at about 600–2,000 m, and the Bolivian records at 1,800–3,200 m.
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