Copyright by: George D. Gann, 2013
In habitat, Everglades National Park, Florida
Family: Bromeliaceae
Group: Monocot
Perennation:
Perennial
Habit:
Herb
Substrate:
Epiphyte
Native Status:
Native
Native Range:
The West Indies,
South Florida, southern Mexico, Central America and South America.
Map of Locations [currently Florida only]
History in the Bahamas:
Reported in 1920 by Britton & Millspaugh for coppices. Reported by Correll & Correll (1982: 285) as an epiphyte on trees and shrubs in coppices, mangrove swamps and scrublands, in the northwestern and central Commonwealth (regions 10-8, 6).
Comments:
Also visit IRC's
Natives For Your Neighborhood website for horticultural information about this species in South Florida.
Synonyms:
Tillandsia valenzuelana.
