Tillandsia schatzlii GIFT reddish orange inflorescence is held

reddish orange inflorescence is held low in the vase

blushing reddish towards the top of the rachis

A variegated Dyckia hybrid of unknown parentage

but at a tubular 8 inches is head and shoulders over it’s more common cousins

with dense and closely spaced cross-bands of silver trichomes that are centered on the leaf

Tillandsia schatzlii GIFT reddish orange inflorescence is heldA strange cliff dwelling species from Oaxaca, Mexico, growing to eight inches or so in a somewhat recurved rosette. The leaves are thick, succulent and rather glossy. A simple pink spike with purple flowers forms the inflorescence. A rare but hardy, easily cultivated species.