Plant Wiki

The open plant encyclopedia

Know any plant.
Grow it well.

Snap a photo or search by any name to see how to care for it, where it comes from, whether it's safe, and a 3D model you can turn.

  • 13,000+plants with full pages
  • 365,000+plant species worldwide
  • 220+countries covered

Common in

See all

The plants people record most in your country, and ones that grow there wild.

What do you want to do?

Popular plants

Browse all plants

See them in 3D

All plants in 3D

Browse plants

Filter by what you want to do, shape, origin, country, care and safety.

Plant Wiki › Browse plants

Tillandsia paleacea

Tillandsia paleacea
Photo: Daderot, Public domain

Tillandsia paleacea is an epiphytic air plant in the pineapple family, native to arid areas from Colombia to northern Chile. It grows without soil, so the key is to mount or set it where air moves freely and to water it by misting or soaking.

Family
Bromeliaceae (Pineapple family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Mist or soak the plant every few days and let it dry fully between waterings to avoid rot.
Soil
No soil needed; grow it mounted on wood or cork, or in a loose, airy substrate.
Temperature
15–29 °C; protect below 7 °C
How easy
Easy
Native range
Colombia to N. Chile
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Tillandsia paleacea is a species in the genus Tillandsia. This species is found from Colombia to Chile in arid biomes.

Other Tillandsia plants

Tillandsia abbreviata · Tillandsia achyrostachys · Tillandsia acuminata · Tillandsia adamsii · Tillandsia adpressiflora · Tillandsia aequatorialis · Tillandsia aeranthos · Tillandsia afonsoana · Tillandsia aguascalientensis · Tillandsia aizoides · Tillandsia albertiana · Tillandsia albida

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tillandsia paleacea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

Credits & terms

Identify a plant

Point at a leaf or flower and snap. One plant in frame works best.

Your photo
Starting camera…