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Tillandsia pohliana

A silvery air plant found across central and south-eastern Brazil and into Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina and Peru, mostly as an epiphyte on trees in semi-deciduous Atlantic Forest and cerrado woodland. Its climate has a warm, wet summer and a cool, dry winter, and a grower can copy that rhythm. It likes bright light, lots of air movement and a wet-then-dry watering cycle.

Tillandsia pohliana
Photo: Rafael Travassos, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Epiphytic on trees and shrubs in semi-deciduous Atlantic Forest, forest edges and cerrado woodland, and occasionally on rocks. Its silvery scales suit fairly exposed branches.

GBIF records with elevations span sea level to about 1,525 m, with a median near 740 m.

BrazilBoliviaParaguayArgentinaPeru

🔒 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 4.0 licence, unmodified.