Tillandsia 'Nick Mavrikas' orange flower A caulescent

A caulescent

This amazing sport came about from a plant with a few variegated leaves

occurring from Venezuela to Bolivia

The wide leaves form an open round rosette to 14″ in diameter with upturned pointed leaves and large black spines

Neoregelia 'Smoke Signal'

Tillandsia 'Nick Mavrikas' orange flower A caulescentA hybrid by Bill Timm of ('Pink Panther' x ionantha 'Hand Grenade'). An upright growing, rather vase shaped plant with many narrow, velvety leaves that are silvery but blush pinkish. The inflorescence is a nested cluster of red branches with bluish purple flowers. The upper portion of the plant blushes reddish pink at anthesis.