Tillandsia ionantha zebrina
Tillandsia ionantha zebrina
Tillandsia ionantha zebrina
Tillandsia ionantha zebrina

Tillandsia ionantha zebrina

Regular price $15.00 $12.00 Sale

Origins: Unknown by me

Bloom: Foliage turns bright red with several purple tubular flowers

Ideal for: Outdoors

Light: Strong indirect, filtered, and/or partial sun

Water: Spray or dunk twice a week, allow to dry within 6-8 hours.  Soak monthly to rehydrate up to 4 hours as necessary

 

This is an amazing species because it has a banded appearance to the leaf in which the trichomes vary in density.  Only a handful of species have banded leaves so this is definitely a rarity.  The ones I have available are young and the banding is still subtle as you can see in the pictures, the banding becomes more pronounced over time.

 

Zebrina striping is faint when plants are young as these are, banding gets stronger over time