Tillandsia caput medusae x flabellata
Tillandsia caput medusae x flabellata
Tillandsia caput medusae x flabellata
Tillandsia caput medusae x flabellata

Tillandsia caput medusae x flabellata

Regular price $12.00 Sale

Origins: Manmade hybrid

Bloom: Compound inflorescence with very long and narrow bracts that vary in color, with some combination of red and yellow coloring.  Purple tubular flowers

Ideal for: Indoors/Outdoors

Light: Strong indirect or filtered light

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 a long and slender hybrid with a semi-bulbous base. The plant gets rather top heavy in bloom so make sure it's securely fastened to something.  As the leaves get long they relax and recurve,  twisting and curling downward, giving a mature specimen of this hybrid a very lovely shape