Tillandsia Voodoo Kiss (Tillandsia balbisiana Large form x Tillandsia flabellata Large form)

Tillandsia Voodoo Kiss (Tillandsia balbisiana Large form x Tillandsia flabellata Large form)

Regular price $30.00 Sale

Origins: Kosit K hybrid from Thailand

Bloom: Intermediate to long compound inflorescence with long, slender red bracts and pale purple tubular flowers

Light: Strong indirect light and/or filtered light

Water: Spray or dunk twice a week, allow to dry between waterings.  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

 

Kosit Kaewkangwal is a well known hybridizer out of Thailand, and we don't get to see much of his stuff here in the US.  If you look at his photos of this cross, it's a truly majestic plant with long, slender, curly leaves that recurve and cascade down beyond the base of the plant and a large showy inflorescence.  As is typical of crosses out of southeast Asia, I have not been able to grow the plant with the same vigor here in the US.  My mother plant bloomed at a young age, but produced many pups which I can now share.  My plant ended up looking a lot more like flabellata since it never got large enough for the leaves to really start to hang.  Even if I can't grow it the same way he does, still a very cool plant!