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Tillandsia mixtecorum Ehlers & Koide

(subgen. Tillandsia)

Publ: J. Bromeliad Soc. 48(2): 52-54 (1998)

Type: Mexico. Oaxaca: between Pueblo Viejo and Pico de Yucuhuiti near Santa Maria Yucuhuiti, saxicolous on a steep rock wall, 2500 m s. m. leg. Pamela Koide and Alfredo Lau Jr. 9110294, October 1991, flowering Jan. 1997 in cultivation by Ehlers.(holotype: MEXU, isotype: WU)

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Distribution: MEXICO; Oaxaca, The plant is known only from the type locality.

Habitat: saxicolous on a steep rock wall, 2500 m. Elev.

Etymology: The plant is being named to honor the Mixtec Indian people, who live in the mountainous region of Oaxaca. It was here that Alfred B. Lau Sr. initially discovered the plant on Nov. 5th, 1990 It was found by a Meztec Indian boy!

Tillandsia mixtecorum