Comments: This small Tillandsia was for a long time a precious rarity, which grows endemic on steep rockfaces in the State of Rio de Janeiro and for that reason needs protection. The rockface however is almost vertical and therefore inaccessible. Therefore the species has a big chance to survive. There is a great variety in size to be observed, in one location is growing a type double in size as the normal one, named var. major.
Culture presents no real difficulty if one considers that the temperature rarely drops below 15° C. —SeeEhlers 1997
