Tillandsia denudata
An Andean Tillandsia recorded from Venezuela and Colombia south through Ecuador and Peru to Bolivia, with most records from the high plateau around Bogotá. Collections there come from open, much-disturbed country between about 2,500 and 3,000 m: pasture trees, shrubland, road edges and subpáramo. It is a cool-growing highland air plant for bright light, cool nights and frequent moisture, and species-specific growing information is scarce.
Where it grows wild
Herbarium and survey records describe open pasture with scattered trees, fragmented secondary forest, open and dense shrubland, steep slopes near ridges, road margins and subpáramo. It mostly grows as an epiphyte on isolated trees and shrubs, but one collector records it as terrestrial among roadside vegetation, so it also sits on banks and rocks.
Most GBIF records with elevations lie between about 2,500 and 3,000 m (median about 2,600 m, up to 3,330 m).
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