Pitcairnia pruinosa Size:Small Bare Root Plant A wide slightly flaring tube

A wide slightly flaring tube growing to 26 inches tall

A large form of capitata from Mexico collected by Steve Correale and used extensively in his hybrids

remove the mounded soil as the root system develops

showy species that’s never in good supply

We have not seen the inflorescence

Pitcairnia pruinosa Size:Small Bare Root Plant A wide slightly flaring tubeThis is a species endemic to the upper Orinoco River basin in the S. W. corner of Venezuela on the Colombian border. As part of the greater Guyana Shield or 'Lost World', this part of the region is a largely seasonally flooded savannah with granitic inselbergs, or outcrops of granitic rock called 'lajas' locally. These rock islands hold a high degree of endemic flora and among them the Pitcairnia pruinosa. Very un Pitcairnia like with broad, stiff,