Tillandsia cristagalii JAMAICA Taking the size and colors

Taking the size and colors of warmingii

The dark and lime green mottled leaves are covered in a very light lineated scurf as the red leaf base clasp the stem

being pinkish to orange

This beautiful fast growing foliage plant is native to Central and northern South America

When well grown

Tillandsia cristagalii JAMAICA Taking the size and colorsThis species is known only from the type locality near Buenos Aires in the state of Chiapas, Mexico. An epiphyte in pine oak forests at 5,800 feet in altitude, it seems to thrive at sea level in Florida. The species resembles Til. tricolor, but has more and broader, light green leaves. The inflorescence has cylindrical branches arranged polystichously, yellow green with red tips, and is much more heavily branched than tricolor. Flowers are violet,