Tillandsia tricolor Campanulaceae Mimicking its native island environment

Mimicking its native island environment helps it maintain strong upright growth and healthy

so this mix keeps the nutrient load deliberately low

leathery juvenile leaves to velvety mature foliage makes it an ever-evolving centerpiece in any plant collection

a shallow arrow-shaped base

Tillandsia tricolor Campanulaceae Mimicking its native island environmentTillandsia tricolor Tillandsia tricolor grows as an upright rosette of firm narrow green leaves. The sharply pointed blades are lightly scaled and often darker toward their broad overlapping bases, giving the plant a clean spear like profile. At maturity, green lower bracts, brighter red or orange sections and small violet flowers bring several colour bands to the rosette. Basal offsets eventually produce additional heads, while each keeps the same