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Tillandsia magnusiana

Tillandsia magnusiana is a small, very silvery air plant from Mexico and Central America, covered in long, fine trichomes that give it a soft, fuzzy look. It grows on trees in seasonally dry forests, and in cultivation it needs bright light, strong airflow and quick-drying waterings; soggy centres kill it quickly. It flowers with a small pink-bracted spike and violet flowers.

Tillandsia magnusiana
Photo: yoppy from Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets 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

An epiphyte on branches in seasonally dry forests such as oak, pine-oak and dry tropical woodland on the Pacific side of Mexico and Central America. Its dense, long trichomes are typical of Tillandsia species from bright, dry, exposed sites. Habitat detail specific to this species was thin in the sources we could open.

Elevation is not given in the sources we could open; it is generally a plant of hill and lower montane forests. Our measured data file had no usable wild GBIF records for this name, so no measured climate is available.

Mexico: Jalisco, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Chiapas, VeracruzEl SalvadorHondurasNicaragua

🔒 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 2.0 licence, unmodified.