Tillandsia pohliana

Tillandsia pohliana is an air plant. It belongs to the bromeliad family, Bromeliaceae. Its common name is Pohl air plant. It grows wild from Peru to northern Argentina. Kew places it in the wet tropical biome, a broad climate zone. The RHS gives its wider range as South America. It is not native to Britain or Ireland. The RHS accepts its scientific name as correct.

This species grows as an epiphyte or a lithophyte. An epiphyte grows on other plants; a lithophyte grows on rock. These terms describe its wild home, rather than growth in ground soil. Chicago Botanic Garden lists it as an epiphyte. The garden says its shape forms a mound. Its species entry gives no full-grown height or spread. The sources give no leaf details for this species. They do not describe its stems or other surface traits.

Chicago Botanic Garden lists partial shade for its light needs. This supports a site with some shelter from full sun. The same entry labels its growing conditions as dry. This is a note on care, not a set watering plan. Kew's wet tropical label refers to its broad native climate instead. The two records cover different parts of its growing needs. Neither says how much water to give or how often. The evidence does not set out a soil mix or pH.

Chicago Botanic Garden places the species in USDA zones 10–11. The supplied RHS entry gives no UK hardiness rating. Chicago lists its landscape use as a specimen plant. Its mound shape is the only stated trait of that display. The garden's page is an archive record from before February 2022. The garden no longer updates it. This matters when using its care notes. The sources give no growth rate or time to reach full size.

The supplied species records do not describe flowers or fruit. They give no bloom season or means of pollination. Nor do they name pests, diseases, or weed problems. No evidence for this species shows which parts people can eat. None establishes its use as medicine or whether it is toxic. These gaps do not prove that it is safe. The RHS gives a broad account of the genus. That text does not establish those traits for this species.