T. ehlersiana

This is one of the fattest, bulbous Tillandsia apart from T. bulbosa. It grows to a girth of about the size of a softball. Some may grow larger. Somewhat a xeric grower that need plentiful of sunlight to have those fuzzy looking and ofcourse the 'tennis ball' look!

It's native to the state of Chiapas, Mexico at about 700m altitude where it grows at granite gorges.

Something nice on Sunday Afternoon

Just capturing the effect of sunlight shining through their leaves. This is what I like most about bromeliads, their leaves are always glowing when hit by sunlight. The plant featured at the centre is T. tomasellii, a cousin of xerographica with longer and slimmer leaves.

T. tricholepis

One thing I like about Tillandsias is that sometimes they don't look like any bromeliads at all. This is a small caulescent plant with needle like spiky leaves. Its' appearence makes it look like a moss or lycopodium. It grow well in our loeland humid enviroment although this plant grows naturally at 2300m alt. in Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina.

Aechmea brevicollis.

One of the most unique form where it has distichious leaves arrangement in the genus. A small plant not exceeding 6" in overall length and height with stoloniferous growth habit. It is native in Columbia, Brazil and Venezuela at altitude from 100 to 3oom above sea level. It produces small cream yellowish flower with attractive.orange bract. Much sought after for bromeliads fancier.

T. ionantha 'Rubra'

Yet another form of ionantha. So called ionantha rubra. Few of mine is flowering right now. Here's one of it. Slightly larger and rounder than 'Peanut'. Blushes red right now!

T. ionantha 'Peanut'

Yet another form of ionantha. This form is the predessor of var. stricta with tighter leaves forming or so called forma fastigiata. Ususally this form is simply called ionantha 'Peanut' Perhaps due to it looks like a peanut. Average size is around 1-2" to the max. Blushes bright red at anthesis with bluish purple flower. A shade growing plant which appreciate wit some period of sunlight preferally in the morning.

T. ionantha var stricta

This is a narrower leaf version of ionantha cvs. Have many stiff upright pointing leaves. A slow grower that blushes to striking red color upon flowering. The average size is about 3" tall, just slightly larger than it's Mexican cousins.

T. albida

Another caulescent type of Tillandsia with stiff white leaves. It rather pup very freely. T. albida prefer to grow in full sun with somewhat dry enviroment where it inhabit on large boulders in semi arid regions of Central Mexico.