Tillandsia straminea 'Thick Leaf' Size:Large Clump flaring tube with deep cranberry

flaring tube with deep cranberry color and creamy white blotching on newer growth

This is a nice cross that resembles a large bulbosa but with silvery scurf on the leaves and inflorescence

deep lavender flowers

hanging up to four feet or more

Marginal spines are stout and pronounced and are of a light tan color

Tillandsia straminea 'Thick Leaf' Size:Large Clump flaring tube with deep cranberryA variable plant found across the Andean valleys of Peru and Ecuador where the temps are hot in the days and cool at night and the wind is almost always blowing. A cluster forming plant that forms large masses of plants that have brilliantly white, silvery leaves and tall scapes with pink to lavender branches and large, very fragrant flowers. Many local forms exist from long and caulescent, short leaved and long leaved, thick and thin forms. There are