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Tillandsia alvareziae

A Tillandsia of the humid mid-elevation forests of central Veracruz, collected at 1000-1375 m around Xalapa, Xico and Huatusco, including in shade-coffee plantations. The climate is mild and humid, with a moderately drier late winter and spring. Grow it as an intermediate epiphyte in bright shade.

Tillandsia alvareziae
Photo: Timm Stolten, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

The labels mention montane deciduous (cloud) forest on porous red soil, a hillside, and a coffee plantation. It grows as an epiphyte in humid, partly shaded forest and on shade trees.

Collections at 1000-1375 m.

Mexico Gulf

🔒 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 CC BY-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.