Tillandsia flagellata
Tillandsia flagellata
Tillandsia flagellata

Tillandsia flagellata

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Origins: Ecuador

Bloom: Medium length compound inflorescence with many red bracts and light purple tubular flowers

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.  Be sure to dry the center of the plant completely if you fully submerge it in water to avoid rotting

 

Formerly identified as T. lehmannii, this is a soft leaved, semi lepidote species that produces a showy red inflorescence.  Pups grow semi-stoloniferously, meaning they grow away from the mother plant on a short wooded stem