Bill Timm’s hybrid of (fasciculata x capitata). An open rosette of arching, moderately stiff, purplish leaves with an inflorescence consisting of a scape with a cluster of short, purplish branches. The primary bracts are leaf-like and blush reddish purple at anthesis. A fairly large and robust plant. 

Tillandsia 'Serval' (Red)

A spectacular plant that came to us as jalisco-monticola from our friend Steve Correale in Miami. It looks like this species but the foliage is dramatically stiffer and of thicker texture. The inflorescence is a simple spike, thickly inflated and light green with peach coloration at the bottom. A powdery ‘bloom’ gives the inflorescence a glaucous look. An excellent form that is a slow grower, but does not have any special requirements.

A pretty hybrid by Paul Isley of brachycaulos x exserta.

VIPP Plants are budded as of 12/15/2025

A nice hybrid by Paul Isley of bulbosa x ionantha.

A cultivar of (limbata x kegeliana) by Bill Timm, a large growing, unusual cross. The plant forms a large open rosette shape of many narrow, tapering silvery leaves. Very full, it can easily reach 30 inches across and over a foot tall without the inflorescence. The inflorescence is tall but has a short rachis with many long, semi-terete branches, some compound, numbering fifteen or so. The color is pale red to rusty orange over green, with purple flowers. 

A hybrid of (concolor x roland-gosselinii) by Bill Timm. A knock out with broad, stiff, recurving leaves in a full rosette. The color is silvery with a reddish blush in strong light. The inflorescence is branched, not too tall, and yellow. An extremely nice plant! 

Steve Correale’s cross of (capitata (red form) x streptophylla) bears some resemblance to both parent plants, but is definitely not to be confused with either. The foliage is rather soft but heavy, silvery-pink with trichomes and forming a bulbous based, open rosette with recurving leaves.

The inflorescence reaches almost 18 inches and has short silvery branches and large blue flowers, and has many long, leaf-like, pink, scape bracts as well. A choice plant named after Steve’s granddaughter. 

An interesting hybrid of (capitata x extensa) by Steve Correale. Steve has been a fairly prolific hybridizer over the years but has registered few of his crosses. He does them to please himself, which is not such a bad thing, and doesn’t care much for naming them.

This plant has much more the look of the extensa parent, with long, narrow leaves and an excessively long inflorescence. Very long, pink and silver scape bracts and upright pink branches clustered at the top of the scape make it a showy plant. The foliage is dark reddish-brown but subtle, coated with silver trichomes that give it a pinkish tint. Easy to grow mounted. 

(flabellata x fasciculata)

Our newest variegated collector plant, Tillandsia 'Long Tall Sally'! The name was inspired by Little Richard (we are fans of the "oldies" here at Tropiflora). This plant originated here at the nursery, found in the greenhouse alongside the non-variegated forms. First offered at auction during the 2024 World Bromeliad Conference in West Palm Beach, FL.

Not recommended for beginners.

(x smalliana 'Giant Form' variegated)

A natural hybrid of (ehlersiana x streptophylla) from Chiapas, Mexico. There are those that believe that T. ehlersiana is itself a hybrid, so it is not surprising that it would hybridize with other plants sharing the same habitat. This plant looks like an ehlersiana in general aspect, a fat-bottomed beauty with wider, contorted, deeply channeled leaves, silvery all over with a more open, pretty pink inflorescence. 

Tillandsia 'Majestic' (chiapensis x concolor 'red Spiked form') cross by Mark Dimmitt. A beautiful plant with thick green foliage and long narrow cherry red spikes.