Tillandsia flexuosa Florida NEOALSOMITRA black marginal spines are quite

black marginal spines are quite decorative

and then flattens out when in bloom and flushes orange in the center with yellow sepals and petals tipped with red in a nidular inflorescence

The inflorescence blushes bright orange-red and culminated in a red

vanhyningii shape of a caulescent plant with many short leaves on a long stem

Dyckia or other terrestrial bromeliad than any typical Forzzaea

Tillandsia flexuosa Florida NEOALSOMITRA black marginal spines are quiteThe Florida native form of this widespread species which has a range that runs from Florida and the Bahamas to Northern South America. An upright, tubular, vase shaped plant with broadly tapering, spiraled leaves. The color is brownish green with a coating of silver trichomes that normally forms in bands. The inflorescence is tall, thin and usually branched, normally green in Florida, but can be reddish sometimes. The flowers are arranged at right