Tillandsia rusbyi
A Tillandsia from the Yungas and sub-Andean forests of La Paz, Bolivia, reaching into Peru, named after the American botanist H. H. Rusby. Most specimens come from about 850–1800 m in humid but seasonal forest. Grow it as an intermediate epiphyte: bright filtered light, a wet summer, a drier winter and strong air movement.
Where it grows wild
Specimen labels describe humid seasonal sub-Andean Yungas forest (Apolobamba, Santa Teresa east of Apolo), a stunted ridge-top forest dominated by Myrtaceae near Ubito, lower cloud forest with abundant epiphytes near Chuspipata, and the forests around Mapiri and the Tunquini biological station. Two old collections are from rocks along the road to Obrajes in La Paz, at about 3600 m according to the label.
Most labels give 850–1800 m, with one at 2100 m; the La Paz rock collection is labelled 3600 m.
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