An excellent hybrid of concolor x fasciculata, by Steve Correale. A stiff leaved, twelve inch open rosette of tapering, pointed leaves, silvery on both sides, blushing blackish towards the tips in bright light. The inflorescence is a simple, sword-shaped spike of glossy red to slightly orange or yellow towards the base. Silver trichomes on the spike cause it to look pinker in color. Very long lasting in bloom. 

A small plant with grayish silver leaves in an upright rosette. It is clustering and has a short scape with bright pink bracts and yellowish flowers.

A Paul Isley hybrid of balbisiana x exserta. 

*Budded as of July 29, 2024

A pretty plant from Peru with greyish-green leaves and a single stem that bears pink flowers.

Tillandsia 'Kybong' (stricta x ixioides)

An all-time favorite from Brazil is about 6 inches across in a leafy rosette with stiff gray-green leaves. It produces a stunning blue-flowered, plume-shaped pink inflorescence in the summer. In nature this plant can be found growing on the restinga sands of beach dunes and in trees in the foothills of the Atlantic Range in Brazil.

A cliff-dwelling species from central Mexico; San Luis Potosi, Queretaro, and Hidalgo. Possibly because of its pupping habit, unlike typical monocarpic utriculata, it is popular with hobbyists and easy to grow. A decorative species, with many leaves in an upright rosette, grayish silver and rather thin. The inflorescence is branched and red to orange or pink, with green and pale green, whitish flowers. Many offsets proliferate at the base of this subspecies and form a dense cluster in time. These little pups can be removed to start new plants at a very small size. Grows best mounted in bright light.

A rock dwelling species from Oaxaca, Mexico. This form differs from the typical epiphytic form having more rigid reddish leaves in a 12 to 15 inch rosette and a stouter inflorescence of yellow branches. Found growing on rocks in canyon bottoms and occasionally on cliffs, in full sun. Grows in typical Tillandsia conditions in cultivation.

We discovered this natural hybrid in the greenhouse where our flexuosas grow, directly alongside our streptophyllas. A giant grower (flexuosa 'Giant Form' x streptophylla) named for its huge size and regal appearance. Mature plants measure 2 ft wide and 3 ft tall. The inflorescence is a single spike with multiple branches and a dark dusky pink with purple blooms. Spectacular.

 

A Frank Messina hybrid that most likely includes some combination of Tillandsia capitata, concolor or fasciculata. A symmetrical open rosette similar in shape to T. fasciculata produces a bronze-peachy capitate head of tight branches when in bloom. Unusual and pretty.