Tillandsia ignesiae
A small, silvery Mexican air plant in the Viridantha group, growing on oaks and other trees in the pine–oak and oak woodlands of Michoacán, Guerrero, the State of Mexico, Morelos, Jalisco and Oaxaca. It copes with a long, bright dry season from about November to May, then summer rains. Grow it mounted, in bright light with strong airflow, and give it a drier winter.
Where it grows wild
Specimen labels place it in oak forest with Arbutus, degraded pine–oak and oak forest, dry slopes with tall scrub, and humid oak-forest slopes. It is an epiphyte on twigs and branches, and often persists in heavily disturbed woodland. Its dense grey scales (trichomes) point to an exposed, drought-tolerant way of life, as in other Viridantha species.
About 55 GBIF records give elevations of 700–2,290 m, with a median of about 1,875 m, in the transition from dry tropical forest up into pine–oak woodland.
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