with green bracts and petals filled with a pungent
This form has remained scarce and is represented in only a few of the best collections and is a much-sought prize
This is purported to be an unnamed species but its exact origins are unknown
that of having even breaks in the trichomes
Tillandsia nizandensis MISCELLANEOUS with green bracts and petalsA species with long very thin, grassy leaves, that are stiff, succulent and form a spreading, funnelform rosette. Closely resembling Tillandsia hammeri, it differs in being larger, more spreading, less silvery and stoloniferous. The inflorescence has more and wider branches but is more compact and taller, among other differences. Native to limestone outcrops near Nizanda, Oaxaca, Mexico, it was first collected by Ehlers and only described in 2016. The