Tillandsia tricholepis Baker

• Region

  South America

• Country

  Bolivia

• State/Province

  Santa Cruz

• County/Municipio

  Florida Prov.

• Locality

  eastermonst rocky foothills of the Andes, above narrowest point at La Angustura on highway from Santa Cruz to Samaipata

• Elevation

  Alt. 700 m. (2297 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -18.1674, -63.5192

• Location Notes

  [South America]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

The New York Botanical Garden
Plants of BOLIVIA
Bromeliaceae Tillandsia tricholepis Baker
det. M. Nee, 2006
DEPTO. SANTA Cruz, Prov. Florida, easternmost rocky
foothills of the Andes, above narrowest point at La Angostura
on highway from Santa Cruz to Samaipata.
18°10.046'S, 63°31.154rW. alt. 700 m.
Steep slopes, subtropical semideciduous forest, with
Anadenanthera macrocarpa, Schoepfia tetramera, Recordia
boliviana, Chrysophyllum gonocarpum.
Common epiphyte on cultivated Crescentia cujete (no.
47869).
Coll.: M. Nee 47868-a
9 Jan. 1998
03877805