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Some nice little bromeliad from Yucatan (mander.xyz)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Very difficult to know with it being so small and not in flower, as it may grow bigger. However as the leaves are so thin and silvery I'm leaning towards the genus Tillisandia (Air plants). Unfortunately Tillisandia is generally identified by its flowers (influorecence)

"[tillisandia] is distinguished from other genera by inflorescence with one or more spikes with distichous arrangement (distichous flower arrangement), or rarely reduced to a spike with polystichous arrangement, or even isolated flowers" source

And to identify its species is also almost always done by flowers, though I find if you are familiar with a plant you often can identify them based on other features. It doesn't look like any of the tillasandia I know so that's not much good.

Tillisandia is the largest bromeliad genus and I really don't know more sorry.

I can tell you it's not an orchid like the bot thought tho :). (though you already knew that)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Thanks!

I can tell you it’s not an orchid like the bot thought tho :). (though you already knew that)

It wouldn't be much fun if the bot was always right ;) It is here to give some quick suggestions.

I agree, it does look a lot like a Tillisandia. Could it be Tillandsia yucatana? It looks similar to photo (L):

Figure 2. Illustrations of 12 of the 14 epiphytic bromeliad species found in the precipitation gradient of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. A, Aechmea bracteata; B, Catopsis nutans; C, Tillandsia balbisiana; D, Tillandsia brachycaulos; E, Tillandsia dasyliriifolia; F, Tillandsia elongata var. subimbricata; G, Tillandsia fasciculata; H, Tillandsia recurvata; I, Tillandsia schiedeana; J, Tillandsia streptophylla; K, Tillandsia utriculata; L, Tillandsia yucatana.

From here: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/llustrations-of-12-of-the-14-epiphytic-bromeliad-species-found-in-the-precipitation_fig2_299420322