Plants · La Saladita, Guerrero

Airplants

Tillandsia spp

Spanish: Bromelia / Gallito

Tillandsia is a genus of around 650 species of evergreen, perennial flowering plants in the family Bromeliaceae, native to the forests, mountains and deserts of northern Mexico and south-eastern United States, Mesoamerica and the Caribbean to mid Argentina. They have naturally been established in diverse environments such as equatorial tropical rain forests, high elevation Andes mountains, rock dwelling (saxicolous) regions, and Louisiana swamps, such as Spanish Moss (T. usneoides), a species that grows atop tree limbs....

TaxonomyLiliopsida › Poales › Bromeliaceae

Local records33 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)

Global records193,336 on iNaturalist

Most recent records2025 – 2026

Months of the 8 most recent records

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Recent local sightings

2026-05-12 — observation by uri_c
2026-02-08 — observation by zihuadean
2026-01-18 — observation by zihuadean
2025-11-08 — observation by jose_javier_bf
2025-11-08 — observation by jose_javier_bf
2025-11-08 — observation by jose_javier_bf

Interactive card with more photos, sounds and similar species Plants guide iNaturalist Wikipedia

Cite as: “Airplants (Tillandsia spp) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/tillandsia-spp/, 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.