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Other Little published: much of this is inferred from related species

Tillandsia didistichoides

Tillandsia didistichoides, formerly Vriesea didistichoides, is a soft-leaved tank-type epiphyte of humid mid-elevation forests in the Greater Antilles, Trinidad and northern South America. Little is written about it in cultivation. Herbarium labels place it on trees in moist broadleaf forest, pine forest and ravines, so it should be grown like a green-leaved, humidity-loving tillandsia rather than a grey xeric one.

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

Herbarium labels describe it on trees in humid broadleaf forest, forest along rivers and ravines, secondary forest with coffee, and on Pinus occidentalis in Hispaniolan pine forest. A few records are from limestone outcrops.

GBIF records with an elevation run from about 100 m to 2,240 m.

CaribbeanMexicoCentral AmericaColombiaVenezuelaTrinidad and Tobago

🔒 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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