Tillandsia pringlei S.Watson |
(subgen. Tillandsia)Publ: Proc. Am. Acad. 26: 155 (1891)
Distribution: Mexico: Hidalgo, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas
Habitat: saxicolous on limestone rock or occasionally as epiphytes in areas of deciduous forest, holm-oak, or pine-oak, in a temperate subhumid or subhumid areas, 450-2000 m. Elev.
Etymology: Tillandsia pringlei was named in honor of C. G. Pringle (1838–1911), American botanist and collector of the type specimen.
Phenology: In accordance with the reviewed specimens, flowering is recorded between the months of April and August and fruiting in the months of April, August, and October.