ID for tillandsia

14 years ago

I purchased this plant last year, just liked the shape of it. Yesterday I saw a similar plant that had a beautiful bloom, so I'm wondering if this plant will bloom. I know it would be helpful to have a name. I only grow a couple bromeliads, plants friends have given me. Now I must start learning how to properly grow them.

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hotdiggetydam
14 years ago
Its beautiful what ever it is....I need to stop looking at photo's on here..now I have another one for the wish list.
Well grown...good job
treehaus
14 years ago
that looks like Tillandsia cyanea to me, when the leaves get a little red in them from exposure to bright light. Nice plant!
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bromadams
14 years ago
Looks like a T. lindenii.
User
14 years ago
bromadams is correct.
digitalphrag
14 years ago
What does the inflorescence on that thing look like, btw, or do you know?

The only reason I ask is because I grow cyanea (or presumably cyanea) in very bright light in the summer, and it reddens up quite a bit, perhaps not to that extent, but awfully close.

So I'm wondering if I have a cyanea, a hybrid, or lindenii as bromadams suggested. Unfortunately I don't have pics, but I can say that that spike is pink with purple flowers and looks exactly like cyanea, but then so do the photos of lindenii. How does one tell the difference? Is it the red flushing?