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.
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.
Large clumps will form in just a few seasons, that can be hung from wires and will form perfectly symmetrical balls of many plants. One of the easiest and most prolific of Tillandsias to cultivate.
A choice Guatemalan form that grows vase-shaped, with the leaf tips curving outward. Rather large for an ionantha, at about 3 inches. Light green, blushing brilliant red in bloom. A very nice form.
Beautiful colors love them and I will definitely buy some more!
Tillandsia nuptialis
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A handsome medium sized species that grows on a long stem in the manner of some forms of straminea, latifolia and others. In fact, when not in bloom, this species could easily be mistaken for the Mexican species albida. The stem is stiff and erect, to almost 12 inches, bearing 3 inch white leaves at right angles to the stem. The inflorescence sets it apart; a scape to about 6 inches tall with pale green to whitish bracts and starkly pure white flowers. Discovered in 1969 by Braga and Sucre growing on the huge rock monolith called Pedra Paraibuna near the border of Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais where this species grows in a massive colony. So taken were they with the large white flowers that they named the plant nuptialis because it reminded them of the white of a wedding gown. Grows easily in bright, airy conditions.
A handsome, slender growing, clump forming species from Rio Grande do Sul state in southern Brazil. Described by Prof. Dr. Werner Rauh in 1984. A lithophyte, growing with several species of cacti, orchids and other bromeliad species. The foliage is silvery-lepidote, slender, in a loose upright rosette with an inflorescence about a long as the leaves, un-branched, with light red bracts and open white flowers.
