Tillandsia dura
A clump-forming Tillandsia from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, from Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro south to Santa Catarina. It has stiff, leathery, green to silvery leaves and red or pink bracts, with lilac to bluish petals. It grows both as an epiphyte, including in mangroves and restinga forest, and on sunny granite outcrops. It suits bright, airy, humid conditions with warm days and mild nights.
Where it grows wild
Collectors record it as an epiphyte in moist slope forest, riverside forest, restinga (coastal sand forest) and mangroves, where it grows on Rhizophora a few metres up. It also grows on rocks, in island-like mats on granite walls and outcrops, where several labels call it heliophilous (sun-loving). Other records describe it in half-shade. It can therefore take anything from bright shade to fairly strong sun.
Records run from sea level (mangrove and restinga) to about 1,000 m, at the Pico da Tijuca outcrops and Pico do Jabre. Most are below about 400 m.
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