Tillandsia ponderosa

An epiphytic tank bromeliad of the pine-oak and montane rain forests of Chiapas, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, mostly between about 1,500 and 2,900 m. It grows on oaks and pines in cool, cloudy highlands, with a dry, sunny winter and heavy summer rain; herbarium labels note purple-blue flowers. Treat it as a cool-growing, bright-light tillandsia that needs a clear drop at night.