Tillandsia brachycaulos
A small, soft-leaved air plant of seasonally dry lowland forest from Mexico through Central America to Panama and Venezuela, whose rosette turns bright red around the violet flowers. It grows on trees that lose much of their canopy in the dry season, so it gets strong light and a marked dry spell each year. Give it bright light, warmth and frequent drenchings in summer.
Where it grows wild
An epiphyte on trees in dry and semi-deciduous lowland forest, especially on the Yucatán Peninsula and the Pacific slope of Central America.
The Spanish Wikipedia gives sea level to about 400 m. GBIF has almost no elevations; one record at 877 m suggests it occasionally grows somewhat higher.
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