Tillandsia Gardneri is an epiphytic species native to countries such as Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago, where it grows and develops on rock formations and stones at latitudes of up to 1600 metres above sea level.
Tillandsia plagiotropica is native to Guatemala and San Salvador, where it grows and develops in places such as swamps and lakes at latitudes ranging from 1000 to 1700 metres above sea level.