Tillandsia 'Long John' VIPP 5-27-19 forming mounds of tens of

forming mounds of tens of thousands of plants

Sometimes growing conditions will cause ionantha varieties to grow excessively long

as are some forms of fasciculata

it produces stout roots at the internodes as supports

but the flush at anthesis

Tillandsia 'Long John' VIPP 5-27-19 forming mounds of tens ofA nice hybrid of apparently (pseudobaileyi x intermedia) by an unknown hybridizer and registered by Bill Timm. Larger than either parent, it grows to about 18 inches tall. The leaves are terete, green and slightly silvery and the base is bulbous. The inflorescence is most like that of pseudobaileyi, erect, stiff, laxly branched and pink with silver trichomes. *REDUCED PRICE