Tillandsia tenuifolia

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 Tillandsia tenuifolia subsp. var.  
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Habit: bromeliad
Height: to
Width: to
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Lifespan: perennial
Origin:
Poisonous:
Bloom: early summer, mid summer, late summer
Exposure: shade
Water:
Features: flowers, houseplant
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USDA Zones: 11 to 12
Sunset Zones:
Flower features: blue, purple
Bromeliaceae > Tillandsia tenuifolia var. , L.



Tillandsia tenuifolia is a species of the genus Tillandsia. This species is native to Bolivia, Brazil and Venezuela.


Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Tillandsia tenuifolia, Linn. (T. caespitosa, Le Conte, not Cham. & Schlecht. T. Bartramii, Ell., in part). Plant less than 6 in. tall, reddish, clustered: lvs. awl-shaped and erect, nearly terete, concave at the base, scurfy: fls. few in a simple or somewhat compound spike, the blue petals exceeding the bracts and recurving at the apex. Ga. to Brazil. CH


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