A widespread species growing on desert sands and rocks, sometimes dry trees, in SW Columbia to Bolivia and northern Chile.
This sub-species is found in the Apurimac Department of Peru growing at 2300-2500 meters. Our stocks are grown from seed sown in 2002.
A hardy, silver-leafed tillandsia: it has been sold here for many years as "Tillandsia streptocarpa Mini."
page updated September 6, 2017