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Tillandsia montserratina H.Hrom. & L.Hrom.

(subgen. Anoplophytum)

Publ: Bromelie 2022(2/3): 69-78 fig. 1-7 (2023)

Type: BRAZIL. Rio de Janeiro: near the border with Minas Gerais, Municipality of Comendador Levy Gasparin, District of Afonso Arinos, Subdistrict of Mont Serrat, Pedra do Paraibuna near Rio Paraibuna, alt. 600 m a.s.l., leg. 1 Jan 1982, H. Hromadnik HR 8018, (holo WU).

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Distribution: BRAZIL: Rio de Janeiro

Habitat: saxicolous on steep rock faces, on the edge of the Atlantic rainforest, ca 600 m. Elev.

Etymology: The name ‘montserratina’ refers to the place where the plant was found on the Pedra do Paraibuna in the Mont Serrat subdistrict of the municipality of Comendador Levy Gasparin.

Phenology: In cultivation, the plant begins to flower in early spring (February– March). No exact information can be given about the flowering time at the home location, but it should be in early spring (August– September).in the southern hemisphere

Tillandsia montserratina