This Tillandsia came to our collection from the late Bill Soerries collection after his passing in 2013. There are several without names and some that have defied identification. This plant is one of those. It's an obvious hybrid with Til. ionantha, but with what? We don't know for sure. It has a short but branched inflorescence. It does not seem to match anything in the BSI Cultivar Registry.

Tillandsia 'Chickasaw Bill' (Til. ionantha x ?) The name is to honor Bill Soerries, who used to own the famous Chickasaw Club in Columbus, Georgia.

A spineless miniature Neoregelia by Lisa Vinzant. Dark green color with many purple spots and small blotches. Upright growth habit. Like most Neos looks best with less fertilizer. Leaf edges are spineless.

This species, from Oaxaca, Mexico, described by Espejo & Lopez-Ferrari in 2008, has been often confused with the similar Tillandsia jalisco-monticola. Aside from its range which is unique, this species differs from jalisco-monticola in that the spike is never branched and is narrower, along with other anatomical differences. A large, spreading rosette with many narrow, dark silvery leaves to 24 inches across, with a simple inflorescence that is very thickly inflated, green on the top half and pink to red below. Very showy and long lasting in bloom.

A cultivar of (baileyi x ionantha ‘Druid’) by Margaret Paterson.  Similar to ‘Califano’ but because the ionantha parent is the ‘Druid’ form, a yellow blushing cultivar, it does not seem to blush as red as ‘Califano’, though it does not blush yellow either. 

A small grower to about 7 inches tall with a slightly bulbous base and narrow, flaring leaves.  The plant is silvery with trichomes and blushes pinkish at anthesis with a short pink inflorescence and blue flowers.  Will form a large clump in time.

Tillandsia flabellata 'Giant Red' x concolor

*VIPP plants are in low bud

An endemic rupicolous species that is native to Brazil. It is slow to propagate so it takes a while to have them available for sale. The plant forms a large open rosette, to over 24 inches across with recurving stiff glossy green leaves that have large spines. Prefers to be grown in bright light. 

A striking cross of turquinensis x ionantha variegata that bears the shape and color of the turquinensis parent.

A new Chester Skotak release for 2012 [carolinae variegated x (Bobbie Hull x Harlequin)[ x [(carolinae x johannis) x marmorata] A medium sized grower with 2.5 inch wide leaves forming a full, symmetrical rosette about 16 inches across. The leaves are medium green with wide white variegation. It develops a rosy red glaze over the entire plant at maturity with many small green dots showing through, especially visible over the variegation. At anthesis the plant blushed darker rosy red in the center.

A naturally occurring hybrid of (fasciculata x ionantha), this plant was originally described as a species. For some, this plant is Tillandsia 'Jalapa-Fortin' because of the road where it is often found in Veracruz, Mexico. A great plant however you name it. In general it looks like a very big ionantha, blushing red when it blooms and having a short to nonexistent scape of blue flowers.

*VIPP plants are small, not in bud/color

xPitcohnia (Deuterocohnia longipetala 'Silver' x Pitcairnia burle-marxii) is a bi-generic hybrid made here at Tropiflora. Spineless silver green arching leaves. Grows to 24 inches tall and 24 inches across. 

A cultivar of Dyckia marnier-lapostolle var estevesii f2 by Bryan Windham. Medium green with heavy silver gray scurf and a noticeable leaf imprint. The spines a long and curl up. Grows best in bright light but not all day full sun.