Tillandsia elizabethae x ionantha 'Fuego' VIPP 7-15 light green

light green

native to the Chapada Diamantina area of Bahia

Werner Rauh and also carries the Selby accession number of SEL 1992-0080

The inflorescence becomes very heavy with age and may need to be staked to keep it erect

Tillandsia elizabethae x ionantha 'Fuego' VIPP 7-15 light greenThis Bill Timm hybrid is a cultivar of (elizabethae x ionantha Fuego). As is often the case with hybrids made with various forms of Tillandsia ionantha, this one takes on the basic shape of the that species, but is far larger at about 8 inches tall. A strict, upright rosette of many leaves, green with silver trichomes and no blush at anthesis. The inflorescence is a scape that remains within the rosette, pink with blue flowers.