Tillandsia subulifera VRIESEA Very unique

Very unique

A bizarre Tillandsia from Mexico

with showy leaves and large

A hybrid of Portea kermesina x Aechmea blanchetiana that makes an interesting plant for landscape with a long lasting inflorescence of red branches and bracts and yellow flowers

Tillandsia subulifera VRIESEA Very uniqueThis is a most unusual species that is widely distributed from Costa Rica across Northern South America to Trinidad, but not common anywhere. We have found this plant in Costa Rica, Panama and Venezuela, but never more than just one or a few at a time. It lives in mostly low altitude coastal scrub forests in very bright and hot places. It is mainly a twig epiphyte, living in small clusters on slender branches. The plants are very distinctive, twisted,