Family: Bromeliad
Sub-Family: Tillandsioideae:
Genus: T
Sub-Genus:
Native distribution and habitat: The plant is a synonym of Vriesea cereicola. It is from Ecuador and the Ancash, Cajamarca, Libertad areas of Peru, with the Ecuador version producing slightly softer leaves than the Peruvian form. Found growing saxicolously and as an epiphyte on dry rocky slopes at altitudes from 700 to 2,200 m.
Growth habit: The plant grow quite large - 600 mm.
Foliage: It has silver-white foliage
Flowers: It has a tall, branched pink-colored, branched inflorescence, with about 600 mm, with tubular dark purple flowers.
Seed:
Pups: It also produces very long stolons (runners) from which grow new pups.
Cultivation:
Availability: A rare plant.
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