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Tillandsia lorentziana

A small, grey-leaved xerophytic Tillandsia with white flowers, from the dry forests and rock outcrops of Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia and southern and central Brazil. It grows on trees in seasonally dry forest and, especially in Brazil, on basalt and sandstone outcrops and around cave mouths. It needs bright light, strong airflow, quick drying and a cooler, drier winter.

Tillandsia lorentziana
Photo: Jule Peters and Nicole Schütz, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Dry airBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Brazilian labels describe it as rupicolous and xerophytic on basalt and sandstone outcrops, on rock walls, in altered dry forest and around cave entrances, and occasionally as an epiphyte, including once in forest canopy in Pernambuco. Argentine records come from dry Chaco and foothill woodland.

Brazilian specimens range from about 100 m (Cerro do Jarau) to 890 m (Vila Velha); northern Argentine populations reach the Andean foothills.

ArgentinaParaguayBoliviaBrazil

🔒 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. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 3.0 licence, unmodified.