Tillandsia tortilis Klotsch ex Baker

Taxonomic Change:

• treated as a synonym of Tillandsia ehrenbergeri (K.Koch) Klotzsch ex Mez —See Smith & Downs 1977 p. 1015
• Lectotype designated —See Till 1986c p. 41

Literature references:

Acta Bot. Mex.: 60:33* BSA (Web) Die Bromelie: 1986:39* FCBS (Web) Gardner 1982: 254* Gardner 1986a: 9:83* J. Bromeliad Soc.: 32:18* Labuda Till.-cal.: 1996* Rauh 1981, 1990: Abb. 97* Roguenant 2001: 694* Röth & Weber 1991: 122* Smith & Downs 1977: 1015 Tropicos: h* U.S. Nat. Herb.

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Comments:

• -Habitat and Range: In central Mexico, in the highlands of the States of Aguascalientes, Durango, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi and Zacatecas. The plant grows as an epiphyte as well as a lithophyte and usually in large groups or clumps.
  
  Cultivation: T. tortilis is a bit delicate in culture. In winter it should be kept not too moist, in summer it can be cultivated outside. —See Ehlers 2009a p. 120