Tillandsia xiphioides Large Form vipp 3-19 but in cultivation takes on

but in cultivation takes on a more familiar open shape

This plant came to be as a result of Harry Luther growing a batch of Sincoraea (previously Orthophytum) heleniceae seed sent to him from Brazil

The caudex is subterranean but can be elevated to the surface

Native from southern Mexico to northern South America where it grows in various locations from sandy beaches to cliffs and epiphytically in open forests

A dramatically dark plant

Tillandsia xiphioides Large Form vipp 3-19 but in cultivation takes onThis is a large growing form of one of the most beautiful of all fragrant flowered Tillandsias. Reaching 8 or more with stiff, thickly succulent, dark grayish green leaves, in a loose, few leaved rosette. The inflorescence is a feather shaped spike bearing a series of really large ruffled, white, deeply fragrant flowers. The fragrance is similar to that of a gardenia. This rare form comes from Bolivia.