Tillandsia moronesensis

Tillandsia moronesensis is an air plant described by Renate Ehlers in 2000 and endemic to northeast Mexico. The only climate point is a site at about 1,330 m on the edge of the Chihuahuan Desert, with hot days, cold winter nights and very dry air. Its ecology is essentially undocumented, so care is inferred from that climate and from other xeric tillandsias of the region.

At home, aim for

Day Cool-growingTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Dry airBand in Plantistry

Light Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

No wild GBIF records with coordinates pass the native-range filter; the climate point sits in arid scrub near the Coahuila–Durango border. Tillandsias in such country usually grow on shrubs, trees in ravines or rock faces in full or near-full sun.

The single climate site is at about 1,330 m; no records carry an elevation.

Mexico Northeast

🔒 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.