Tillandsia albertiana Size:Small Clump The leaves are spiny

The leaves are spiny

Brazil in the Chapada Diamantina

but larger and (we think) nicer

The variegation is a broad creamy-white stripe up the center of each leaf

a cultivar of (carolinae variegated x Hannibal Lecter x Tiger Cub)

Tillandsia albertiana Size:Small Clump The leaves are spinyA clump forming Argentinian species that grows two to six inches tall. Slender plants with almost terete leaves are glabrous, smooth and green. Half inch strikingly vivid red flowers are among the most striking in the bromeliad world with spreading corolas. A saxicole in nature, it grows well mounted or will form a ball of plants by simply hanging it from a string. Likes bright light and good air circulation.