Plants · La Saladita, Guerrero

Tillandsia schiedeana

Spanish: Gallito

Tillandsia schiedeana (Tillandsia schiedeana)
Photographed by zihuadean on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC

Tillandsia schiedeana is a species of flowering plant in the genus, Tillandsia. It was named for the collector Christian Julius Wilhelm Schiede. As an epiphyte, it is found "growing in open tropical forests, and saxicolous, growing on cacti and burseras on steep dry slopes in semiarid regions in Mexico, Central America, West Indies, Venezuela, and Colombia at elevations of 750 to 5,500 feet." Most often recorded in Feb, Jan.

TaxonomyLiliopsida › Poales › Bromeliaceae
Local records3 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records2,040 on iNaturalist
Recorded here2020 – 2026
Months recorded near La Saladita
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Recent local sightings

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Cite as: “Tillandsia schiedeana (Tillandsia schiedeana) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/tillandsia-schiedeana/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.