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Tillandsia x mirandai García-Martínez & Beutelspacher |
Distribution: MEXICO: Chiapas
Habitat: Epiphyte in trees of mesophytic mountain forest, ca 1300 m. Elev.
Phenology: The epithet of this natural hybrid honors Faustino Miranda González (1905-1964), an eminent Spanish botanist living in Mexico, who was one of the first naturalists to characterize the vegetation of Chiapas and discoverer of countless new plant species for Mexico.