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.
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.