Tillandsia xiphioides VIPP 2-8-21 dangerous trip to Bolivia’s eastern

dangerous trip to Bolivia’s eastern desert

A plant that stands out because of its crisp clean lines

it is a fairly large plant to over twelve inches tall with silvery leaves can blush slightly reddish and that taper to fine points forming a graceful vase shaped rosette that spreads at anthesis

or at least generally larger than most other clones

heavily banded with silvery white

Tillandsia xiphioides VIPP 2-8-21 dangerous trip to Bolivia’s easternOriginally collected in the 1990's near San Jacinto, Bolivia, is a rare, lovely, fragrant flowered species. Clump forming, it has large, white, somewhat Gardenia scented flowers. One of the best of the fragrant flowered Tillandsias but somewhat rare in cultivation.