Tillandsia turneri
A medium-to-large rosette Tillandsia, 20–50 cm tall, from the high Andes of Colombia and Venezuela and the Guayana highlands, mostly recorded at 2,500–3,500 m. It grows as an epiphyte on shrubs and small trees in cloudy upper montane forest and subpáramo, so it needs cold nights, cool days, bright light and constantly moving, moist air. It is a cool-growing plant that suffers in warm, stagnant conditions.
Where it grows wild
Upper Andean forest edges, elfin woodland and subpáramo shrubland, epiphytic on shrubs and small trees; herbarium labels from Boyacá describe it growing on shrubs with rosettes 20–50 cm tall. The eastern variety grows in the Guayana highlands of southern Venezuela, Guyana and northern Brazil.
GBIF records span about 1,775 to 3,600 m, clustering around 2,500–3,300 m.
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