Wildly exotic looking Tillandsia with huge oversized and club like,inflorescence. Native to high cloudforests of Mexico and central Ameri...Read Moreca. Hardy to zone 9b. Mine have not shown any winter stress-not even in the freeze of 07's 4-5 nights of 30-32.
Sometimes called pinecone Tillandsia. That could be a description of its shape or a description of it's habitat of prefering to grow on pinetree's. Useful camouflage.
They do best if not divided-or as least as possible. As far as I know there is just one species,but their is some variables in bloom size.The one in my photo seems to be larger than the type-others seem also to have more divided blooms.
I can hardly think of a better or better looking Tillandsia for cooler summer climates.
Wildly exotic looking Tillandsia with huge oversized and club like,inflorescence. Native to high cloudforests of Mexico and central Ameri...Read More