Years ago when many botanists made collecting trips to Peru they'd encounter (around Xmas time) huge piles of tectorum strewn about villages to be used as snow to decorate their rooftops in their holiday decorations. Afterwards the plants would be unceremoniously dumped on the edge of town to die. The name tectorum actually means something like "roof plant".
Family: Bromeliad
Sub-Family: Tillandsioideae
Genus: Tillandsia
Sub-Genus:
Native distribution and habitat: This species is endemic to areas near Tarija Bolivia . Grows saxicolous at 3000 m
Growth habit: A caulescent species
Foliage: Silver green trichome covered recurved channelled leaves. The silver trichomes are thicker on the upper surface.
Flowers: A rose coloured curved sword shaped inflorescence extends from the growing tip with a series of mauve petalled flowers. The flowers are fragrant.
Seed:
Pups:
Cultivation: A hardy and easy plant to grow.
Availability: A rare sort after plant
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