Tillandsia ionantha 'Snake'
6068
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BRIGHT FILTERED LIGHT
1-2 TIMES A WEEK
WATER LEAVES
BLOOMS IN FALL & WINTER
PURPLE FLOWER
PET FRIENDLY
We have had this plant for quite a few years, having acquired it as T. ionantha ‘Snake’. It appears to be a hybrid with ionantha as one parent, but the other is unknown. Sometimes growing conditions will cause ionantha varieties to grow excessively long, but this one grows and grows under normal greenhouse conditions here in Florida. Aside from the long stem, which can reach well over 24 inches, it has narrow, fleshy leaves, hundreds of them, along the stem. The foliage is silvery gray and the inflorescence is a short scape of tight pink branches that barely exerts itself above the foliage. Offsets form along the stem at irregular intervals. An oddity worth growing.