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Tillandsia brenneri

A rare epiphytic Tillandsia endemic to Ecuador, listed as Vulnerable, and known from very few collections around Puyo and along the Tena–Puyo road in the Amazonian foothills at about 500 m. Its climate is warm, very wet and humid all year. It should be grown like a mesic, forest-dwelling bromeliad rather than a desert-type air plant.

Tillandsia brenneri
Photo: Nico Nelson from Sydney, Australia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets 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

It is an epiphyte in humid lowland to foothill forest. One collection was found on an orange tree beside the Tena–Puyo highway, so it will grow on trees in disturbed, semi-open places. The IUCN lists moist lowland and montane forest as its habitat and deforestation as the only known threat.

The collections along the Tena–Puyo road are at about 500 m. The protected-location observations near Puyo suggest the Amazonian foothills, probably at about 500–1,000 m.

Ecuador: Napo and Pastaza (Amazonian foothills around Puyo and Tena)

🔒 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 2.0 licence, unmodified.