14-251.2

Tillandsia occulta H.Luther

(subgen. Tillandsia)

Publ: Selbyana 18(1): 18 (1) (1997)

Type: MEXICO Sinaloa: along a logging road NE of Panuco, 1100 m. elev. along a small stream, epiphytic on Bombaceae in a pine/oak forest with Tillandsia caput-medusae, T. makoyana and T. pseudosetacea, 6 March 1993, Luther, Schuster, Baker, High & Quick 2950A (Holotype: SEL; Isotype: MEXU).

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Distribution: MEXICO: Sinaloa

Habitat: epiphytic in a pine/oak forest, ca. 1100 m. Elev.

Etymology: The specific epithet of this tillandsia is based on. the fact that it was "unseen" or "hidden" by being misidentified as T. ortgiesiana.

Tillandsia occulta