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Tillandsia punctulata

An epiphytic Tillandsia of cloud forest and humid montane forest from Mexico to Panama, with narrow, grey-scaly leaves and a purple-bracted spike. It is a mesic, mist-loving air plant rather than a desert type, so it wants cool nights, frequent water and humid, moving air.

Tillandsia punctulata
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, 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 Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

An epiphyte on trees in cloud forest (bosque mesófilo), pine–oak and humid evergreen forest, and occasionally on rocky ground. Labels mention cloud forest with pine and alder, oak–sweetgum forest and coffee-growing areas.

The literature gives 300–1,400 m, occasionally up to 2,100 m; GBIF records with an elevation centre on about 1,350–1,900 m, reaching about 2,800 m.

MexicoGuatemalaBelizeEl SalvadorHondurasNicaraguaCosta RicaPanama

🔒 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.