Tillandsia 'Kathy Knuth' Els PW 21471 stiff reddish colored bracts and

stiff reddish colored bracts and white flowers

Not much is known about this exciting new species except from cultivation

but survive they did

The plant produces a spectacular show when blooming with the entire central section of the plant blushing vivid red and an erect inflorescence with whitish bracts and white-tipped purple-blue flowers

This is a relatively new Brazilian species of which we know little

Tillandsia 'Kathy Knuth' Els PW 21471 stiff reddish colored bracts andA cultivar of (limbata x kegeliana) by Bill Timm, a large growing, unusual cross. The plant forms a large open rosette shape of many narrow, tapering silvery leaves. Very full, it can easily reach 30 inches across and over a foot tall without the inflorescence. The inflorescence is tall but has a short rachis with many long, semi terete branches, some compound, numbering fifteen or so. The color is pale red to rusty orange over green, with purple