Tillandsia mitlaensis

264

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An unusual rock dwelling (saxicolous) Tillandsia of the deserts of southern Mexico with recurved, stiff silver leaves. Forms a very attractive clump. The individual plants recurve in a claw-like fashion, towards the cliff or mount. A small silver plant to less than six inches and grows in a teardrop shape. The inflorescence is a simple pink spike. Forms a very attractive clump. A neat little plant great for mounting.

Tillandsia purpurea 'Longifolia'

782

$35.00

Tillandsia purpurea is found in Peru's famous coastal deserts where it forms large colonies on the burning sands, each containing millions of plants of a single or a few clones. Adjacent valleys may have completely different looking forms which are in fact the same species. This happens to be one of the more desirable of Tillandsias due in part to its ease of cultivation and its colorful, fragrant flowers.

Tillandsia 'Purple Passion'

5306

$55.00

A clone of (seleriana x tricolor) by Bill Timm. A unusual hybrid that produces a bulbous base with upright, terete leaves dusted with silvery trichomes. The inflorescence is branched, rose-red with blue flowers and emerges from the leaves to one side of the rosette.

Tillandsia 'Trinket'

9527

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Not the same plant as 'Silver Trinket' but the same parents (ionantha x chiapensis). A very leafy open rosette to about 8 or 10 inches tall with a pinkish blush to the scurfy, silvery leaves. The inflorescence is very colorful, a cluster of dark red - burgundy branches nested deep in the center, with large, tubular, inky-blue flowers. Very pretty and easy to grow. Likes to be on the dry side.

Tillandsia 'Brandywine'

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This plant is apparently a form of T. crocata, a bit more robust and with darker flowers than the typical form. We received our original plant from Paul Isley, but we have not seen it for sale. Perhaps it is still rare in collections? A nice plant, worth a try.

Tillandsia 'Kaylan'

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Tillandsia 'Kaylan' (caputmedusae x baileyi) A cute hybrid with a nice mix of both parents. An easy grower, likes bright filtered light.

Tillandsia 'Pruinariza'

6578

$10.00

A hybrid made in the 1970s by Luis Ariza Julia of the Dominican Republic. A cultivar of Til. ariza-juliae x pruinosa, both species native to the Dominican Republic. The plant is a small grower to about 10 inches tall but with terete leaves and a small bulbous base. The color is gray-silver with heavy trichomes.

The inflorescence is a simple spike of pink about half as tall as the foliage. Easily forms clusters and is well suited to mounting. Grow in bright light out of full sun.

Tillandsia 'Live Wire'

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Bob Spivey’s hybrid is a cultivar of (funckiana x kegeliana), two red-flowered Tillandsias that are not as unrelated as they might appear. The flowers are in fact quite similar in both, though the foliage is dramatically different. The hybrid much more closely resembles the funckiana parent but differs in being more robust with longer leaves and having multiple flowers. It keeps the nice clustering habit of the funckiana parent.

Tillandsia 'Audacious'

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A stunning hybrid that is a happenstance of nature. We imported a number of wild bromeliads from Mexico back in the 1980's and early '90s and this plant and one or two others of apparently the same natural cross: (streptophylla x botterii) were among them.

A large grower with characteristics of both parents. The basic shape of botterii along with the shape of the inflorescence but the thick texture and silvery trichomes of streptophylla. An upright, spreading vase, bulbous at the base, with silvery, half inch wide, fairly stiff, channeled leaves. The inflorescence is large, taller than the foliage with a red rachis and long, petiolate branches that are mostly yellow. A dramatic, beautiful plant.

Tillandsia 'Majestic'

9094

$20.00

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.

Tillandsia 'El Ultimo'

8539

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A stunning hybrid by Mark Dimmit, registered by Paul Isley, is a cultivar of Tillandsia (fasciculata x concolor). An open rosette of tapering, recurving leaves to about 18 inches across, green and dusted with a light coating of silver trichomes. The inflorescence in a cluster of glossy green to red, upright branches on a scape about eight inches tall. The scape and upper leaves of the rosette blush reddish at anthesis. A showy plant, long lasting in bloom. Easy to grow mounted or suspended from strings, in bright light.

Tillandsia 'Fancy Dancer'

7827

$20.00

An interesting an unusual cross of (chlorophylla x fasciculata) by Bill Timm. A colorful and robust hybrid with the foliage of the fasciculata parent, and an inflorescence heavily influenced by the chlorophylla parent. The resulting cross is much more robust and easy to care for than the chlolophylla which is a more mesic plant. This one is more xeric in nature and thrives in ‘normal’ Tillandsia culture.

The foliage is long and slender in a gracefully arching rosette shape and is silvery with trichomes. The inflorescence is a tall scape with ten or more glossy red branches and long bracts which are more leaf-like and grayish. The flowers are long and tubular, two-tone white and purple.