This variety of air plant or tillandsia balbisiana is a spreading plant from Florida, the West Indies and Mexico to Colombia and Venezuela. It grows at altitudes from sea level to 1,500 metres and is usually found on tree branches.
Tillandsia Velickiana, formerly known as Oaxacana, is an epiphytic species native to the State of Oaxaca in Mexico, where it grows and develops in oak and conifer forests, generally at latitudes of 200 metres above sea level.