Tillandsia stricta Stiff Star

Origins: This specific unregistered cultivar came from Tillandsia International

Bloom: Short, simple inflorescence producing a single large pink bract with purple flowers

Light: Indirect or filtered light

Water: Spray or dunk twice a week, ideally allowing the plant to dry same day.  Additionally, soak up to 4 hours as needed, look for leaves rolling inward forming tubes as a sign of underhydration

Stricta is a species with a ton of variety, including leaf shape, plant size, bloom color, and leaf color.  Stricta will quickly form clumps, although individual plants grow bigger alone than in a clump which is typically not true of clumps.  This variety of stricta is smaller, more tenuifolia-like.  Leaves are more upright and thin, bloom is on the smaller side with a light purple/blue flower