Ursulaea tuitensis vipp 12-4 making availability sporadic

making availability sporadic

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resulting in a grex of wide leaved beauties from which this plant came

is a cultivar of Tillandsia (fasciculata x concolor)

as best as we can ascertain

Ursulaea tuitensis vipp 12-4 making availability sporadicTruly an oddity. This plant, once known as an Aechmea, really appears to be more closely related to Billbergia. The leaves are very succulent, blushing red and the 'tank' holds little or no water. It grows on moss covered rocks in nature, in oak and pine forests of Jalisco, Mexico. The erect inflorescence is tomentose, covered with white scurf and has showy pink bracts. The ovaries are large and swollen and the petals deep purple and helicoid