u/parrotbirdtalks

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My new reddest tillandsia. No green left, just wow.

Rare instance of her letting me take a photo without lunging at my phone.

I have this YCB barfussii x ionantha Ron since it was just a tiny seedling 3 years ago and it finally flowered!

Normally, I am not particularly excited about tillandsia flowers but this one is different. Tillandsia can be broadly categorized by their flowers: petaled or tubular (any botanist can enlighten me on the proper terminology?). Barfussii has petaled flowers while ionantha has tubular ones, so I was curious to see what will the flowers of their hybrid look like.

Turns out the flowers are petaled, although the petals are somewhat long. I have to say I'm not disappointed by the beauty. Looking forward to offsets.

Love the way the leaves curl, giving the plant a neat round form. I guess the recent intense heat triggered the bloom.

Iirc, this is from Singapore. Inherited Fuego's vibrant red when flowering.

Ionantha fuego

Beautiful hybrid of two of my favorite tillandsia species.

I can't stop getting more. They are so captivating.

Got this beauty from Tillandsia International before they close down.

A hybrid from Taiwanese hybridizer YCB. I have grown this plant from a 15mm seedling to it current size.

I love the way it forms a "skirt".