Tillandsia jaliscomonticola 'Branched Form' Size:Medium (in bud) Scape bracts are leaf-like

Scape bracts are leaf-like

very stiff and are extremely sharp

this plant grows readily potted or mounted

A species of northern and central Peru where it lives as an epiphyte in thorn forests of the arid foothills in the eastern Andes

Brian Windham

Tillandsia jaliscomonticola 'Branched Form' Size:Medium (in bud) Scape bracts are leaf-likeThere seem to be two forms of Tillandsia jaliscomonticola from Mexico's desert southwest, one that produces a simple, un branched, but large spike and one that produces an inflorescence with multiple branches. The branched form produces from three to six or more branches that are thickly inflated, and form an upright cluster at the top of the rachis. Colors are stunning, bright red below and bright yellow above, and lasting for months, make this a top