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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
| The plant genus Tillandsia (Bromeliad family) is found in the deserts, forests and mountains of central and south America, Mexico and the southern United States, growing on trees, rocks and cliffs. The thinner leafed varieties grow in rainy areas and the thick leafed varieties in areas more subject to drought. Nutrients are gathered from the air (dust, decaying leaves and insect matter) through structures on the leaves called trichomes. Tillandsias are epiphytes, i.e. in nature they normally grow on other plants, without being parasitic, and they grow without soil. |
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