Tillandsia walter-tillii
A rare Ecuadorian bromeliad from the wet montane forests on the eastern slopes of the Andes, known from a handful of collections on Volcan Reventador, the slopes of Volcan Sumaco and near El Chaco. It was first described as Vriesea tillii and is assessed as Vulnerable because of habitat loss. Little is published about its appearance or ecology, so the conditions here are inferred from its collection sites between about 850 and 1,800 m.
Where it grows wild
Premontane rainforest and montane forest on the eastern Andean slopes, including forest at the edge of the Reventador lava field. Like its relatives it is presumed to be an epiphyte, though this is not documented in the sources checked.
Collections at 850 m (Sumaco foothills), 1,500 m (Reventador) and 1,800 m (El Chaco to Gonzalo Pizarro).
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