Tillandsia Sitting Pretty (Tillandsia streptophylla x Tillandsia paucifolia)
Tillandsia Sitting Pretty (Tillandsia streptophylla x Tillandsia paucifolia)
Tillandsia Sitting Pretty (Tillandsia streptophylla x Tillandsia paucifolia)

Tillandsia Sitting Pretty (Tillandsia streptophylla x Tillandsia paucifolia)

Regular price $45.00 Sale

Origins: Potentially a natural hybrid, registered by Bill Timm who Purchased it from Bird Rock Tropicals

Bloom: Short compound inflorescence with nearly white bracts and pink upper foliage and bract scapes.  Produces purple flowers

Light: Strong indirect or bright filtered light

Water: Spray or dunk twice a week, allow to dry within 6-8 hours.  Soak monthly to rehydrate up to 2 hours as necessary.  If it is soaked, be sure to thoroughly dry the base to avoid issues with core rot

 

A plant with a somewhat mysterious origin, but wherever it came from, it's pretty awesome! Small and compact with a semi bulbous base, lepidote leaves that are thick and wavy.  Spectacular bloom, it is compact but very colorful grown in correct light.  Originally sold under the formula streptophylla x paucifolioides; paucifolioides has since been shortened to paucifolia

 

Plant pictured is what you receive