Tillandsia streptophylla 'Red Form' Belize PERU Although Ray had hand pollinated

Although Ray had hand pollinated the flowers each morning

Our plant originally was quite small and ‘wimpy’ with few leaves and kind of scrawny looking

The inflorescence is spectacular

The leaves are somewhat terete and completely covered with a wool-like coat of dense silvery trichomes

turning pinkish in strong light

Tillandsia streptophylla 'Red Form' Belize PERU Although Ray had hand pollinatedA form of the species that gains a reddish tint to the leaves, especially in strong light. Grows in a ball shape to grapefruit size, with wide strap like leaves that twist and curl in fanciful shapes. The inflorescence is pink and branched with curling scape bracts. The species is found from Mexico to the Northern half of Central America at or near sea level in hot, humid, brightly lit forests. The red form has been found in Belize but could occur