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Tillandsia juan-gruberi Takiz. & Gouda

(subgen. Tillandsia)

Publ: Phytotaxa 708(2): 220-226 figs 1–3 (2025)

Type: COLOMBIA. Guaviare: San José del Guaviare, 185 m, s.d., Juan Sebastian Gruber s.n., flowered in cultivation in collection Hiroyuki Takizawa, Japan, January 2025 (holotype: COL, photo U)

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Distribution: COLOMBIA: Guaviare

Habitat: grows abundantly in clusters in open gallery forest, ca 185 m. Elev.

Etymology: Named in honor of Juan Sebastian Gruber, the collector of the type specimen and General Manager at Bromelias de Colombia SAS.

Phenology: Tillandsia juan-gruberi flowered in cultivation in January, but it has been found flowering from February till May in the Type area

Tillandsia juan-gruberi