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Tillandsia wuelfinghoffii Ehlers

(subgen. Tillandsia)

Publ: J. Bromeliad Soc. 40(5): 200-202 (1990)

Type: Mexico. Oaxaca: near Guelatao de Juarez, 1800-1900 m, saxicolous on basalt rock walls, Rudolf Wulfinghoff no. 86-209, Dec. 1986 (holotype WU).

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Distribution: MEXICO; Oaxaca, near Guelatao de Juarez, and near Huajuapam de Leon.

Habitat: saxicolous on basalt rock walls,, 1800-1900 m. Elev.

Etymology: Dedicated to Rudolf Wuelfinghoff, Pforzheim, a German amateur botanist who has made intensive field studies in Mexico for many years and who collected the holotype

Phenology: Flowering time: February-April.(Northern Hemisphere)

Tillandsia wuelfinghoffii