Tillandsia velickiana mounted on drift wood with Spanish Moss House Plant rubra is the name i

rubra is the name i have been given with this plant although on further research it may be V

a lovely silvery green in color

A fantastic miniature from Liza Vizant in Hawaii

It has wide mid to dark green leaves

Tillandsia velickiana mounted on drift wood with Spanish Moss House Plant rubra is the name iThis is a very beautiful species often confused with T. oaxacana and T. matudae. It has lovely soft, silver leaves and produces a strange thick pink, drooping flower spike that in turn produces a succession of lovely tubular purple flowers. It is very easy to grow and in a few years will make lovely clumps of multiple flowering plants as you can see in the second photo. Here is a large flowering size plant mounted on drift wood with Spanish Moss.