Tillandsia funckiana (H. H. Clone)
1889
A very orange-blushing clone of Tillandsia funckiana from the collection of Herb Hill. We don’t know much else about it but as with all T. funckiana, it’s a species from Venezuela that grows on bare rock on exposed cliffs. The blooms are brilliant crimson and appear in winter. It, like all other T. funckiana, forms large clusters over time. A superb clone.
Excited to see these small sprigs mature and grow. Looks like an amazing plant.
Tillandsia funckiana Colombia clone #2
7655
A robust form of Tillandsia funckiana that we got from a collector in Colombia. We are not sure of the exact origin although most of the similar clones come from the Andes of Venezuela near the Colombia border. The stems grow to 10 inches or so and have needle thing leaves to just over an inch long. The leaves curve upward but this form is quite different from v. recurvifolia. The overall color is green with a coating of silver trichomes and a red blush in strong light and at anthesis. This form is like all others; a cliff dweller that forms cascading clusters.
Tillandsia funckiana recurvifolia
5109
Tillandsia guenthernolleri
8250
A large growing species from the area where Jalisco, Colima and Michoacan states of Mexico come together, it is found in all three. Growing in full sun, mainly on the ground in open scrub amongst deciduous shrubs and small trees, it can reach about 24 inches tall and when in bloom, over six feet tall! Such heights though are rarely attained in cultivation. The foliage is silvery-grey tinting pinkish in an upright, vase shaped rosette.
The inflorescence is bright pink with a very tall scape topped with slender, upright branches, all pink, with tubular, light lavender flowers. A rare species discovered by Renate Ehlers in 1991.
*VIPP plants are offsets - NOT the mature plant in the photo
Tillandsia harrisii
208
THIS PLANT IS ON C.I.T.E.S. AND CANNOT BE EXPORTED
A Guatemalan species to about 8 x 10 inches with lovely thick silvery leaves, a bright red, cylindrical, simple spike and purple flowers. Nice for mounting. Considered an endangered species, is rather rare in nature, but very commonly cultivated. Especially easy to grow, a confidence builder for beginners.
I purchased a nice healthy Tillandsia harrisii and 5 other Tillandsia’s from Tropifora. My favorite Bromeliad nursery since 1989!!
Tillandsia ionantha 'Rubra'
392
Beautiful colors love them and I will definitely buy some more!
Tillandsia jonesii
6921
A smallish species of Tillandsia that grows on a long stem. The narrow, stiff leaves are 2 to 3 inches long spaced along the stem and taper to a point. The overall color is dark purplish with a silvery tint. The inflorescence is a 2 inch scape with bright pink bracts and flaring blue flowers. Clumps are easily formed and once a clump forms, the plants can be suspended from a string for cultivation.
Native to Rio Grande do Sul in Southern Brazil, it has a strong resemblance to T. aeranthos though it must be significantly different enough to deserve species status. Our plants came originally from the collection of Elton Leme.
Tillandsia kegeliana x rothii
8499
An interesting cross of kegeliana x rothii for which we have little information. The plant most certainly show strong influence of the rothii parent with an open rosette shape of wide, fairly stiff leaves and a branched inflorescence of inflated branches. The kegeliana doesn’t manifest itself much but definitely makes the plant look a lot different than a pure rothii. The flowers are white.
Tillandsia latifolia 'Canta'
789
This one of the larger species, growing to well over 12 inches tall. It is more upright with silvery leaves and an inflorescence of orange which terminates in an offset.
I do not believe that I purchased a latafolia. But your order was excellent for what I did get.
Tillandsia milagrensis (Type)
1611
An interesting species from Bahia, Brazil where it grows on exposed rock. Upright growing with narrow, 8 inch long leaves on a caulescent stem. The inflorescence is an erect spike, slightly taller than the foliage, terminating with a cluster of pink bracts and white flowers. A mature plant in bloom can reach 16 inches tall and 8 inches wide. Our plant is decended directly from the type collection by Elton Leme.
Tillandsia nizandensis
7880
A species with long very thin, grassy leaves, that are stiff, succulent and form a spreading, funnelform rosette. Closely resembling Tillandsia hammeri, it differs in being larger, more spreading, less silvery and stoloniferous. The inflorescence has more and wider branches but is more compact and taller, among other differences. Native to limestone outcrops near Nizanda, Oaxaca, Mexico, it was first collected by Ehlers and only described in 2016. The many leaves form an upright rosette to nearly two feet tall with an erect inflorescence of pink bracts and deep violet flowers.
Tillandsia occulta
7359