| Name | Tillandsia pulchella var. surinamensis Mez |
| Authorship | Mez |
| Rank | Variety |
| Placed in | Tillandsia pulchella Hooker |
| Citation | 1894 Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 3(3): 603. |
| Holdings | 23 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Tillandsia pulchella var. surinamensis Mez |
| Identification made in | [no date] (18), 1932 (2), 1934 (1), 1941 (2) |