Tillandsia brachycaulos 'Minima' OOS gray-green

gray-green

the ‘silver form’ tends to get a bit of algae on the trichomes from the high humidity

A rosette of stiff

Large clusters of these plants weigh down the limbs of the local scrub-type vegetation

Twin spines are produced at each bend in the stem

Tillandsia brachycaulos 'Minima' OOS gray-greenThis is a smaller, more graceful, petit clone of Tillandsia brachycaulos, found in a shipment of plants from Guatemala some years ago by John Russell. He grew the plant under that name and we have continued the same, though it has no botanical standing and is not, so far as we know, registered. If you like typical brachycaulos, you'll like this one. It blushes deep red as the normal form but has slightly more glossy leaves. The mature size is about