Tillandsia tricolor is an epiphytic species, native to Costa Rica, although it is also commonly seen in southern Mexico, at latitudes ranging from 600 to 2000 metres above sea level, where it lives in relatively humid and not very lush tropical and subtropical forests.
Tillandsia Duratii is an epiphytic species, native to South America, mainly in countries such as Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, where it grows and develops on trees, usually at latitudes above 1000 metres above sea level.