Tillandsia araujei
A stemmed, clumping Tillandsia with stiff, recurved green to grey-green leaves, endemic to Rio de Janeiro state in Brazil. Herbarium labels describe it as a sun-loving rock plant that forms large colonies on vertical granite walls from near sea level to about 800 m, so it wants strong light, good air movement and quick drying.
Where it grows wild
Collectors record it as rupicolous and heliophilic, often abundant on vertical (up to 90°) granite walls and inselbergs: Pão de Açúcar, Pedra da Gávea, Morro Dois Irmãos, Pedra Branca, Serra da Tiririca, coastal islands off Niterói and the Itaoca massif near Campos. It grows with Vellozia and other rock-outcrop plants, rooted in cracks on bare stone.
Specimen labels range from about 10 m on coastal inselbergs to about 820 m on the Tijuca and Pedra Branca peaks.
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