Tillandsia deppeana

A large, soft green-leaved Tillandsia endemic to Mexico, the parent of several registered hybrids and cultivars. GBIF records cluster in the humid eastern Sierra Madre (Veracruz, Puebla, San Luis Potosí). Little habitat detail was reachable, so conditions below are built from that range and the habit of mesic, green-leaved tillandsias.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

An epiphyte of humid forest on the Gulf-facing slopes of eastern Mexico; its green, thinly scaled leaves point to a moist, shaded to semi-shaded site rather than exposed dry scrub.

GBIF records carry no elevations; the states involved suggest humid premontane to montane forest, but this is not confirmed.

Mexico

🔒 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.