Tillandsia cyanea

Plant Characteristics

Habit		bromeliad
Height:	⇕	10 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 10.
Width:	⇔	10 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 10.
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Bloom:	❀	early summer, mid summer, late summer

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	shade
Features:	✓	flowers
USDA Zones:		11 to 12
Flower features:	❀	blue, purple, white

Scientific Names

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Tillandsia cyanea or Pink Quill is a species of flowering plant in the bromeliad family, subfamily Tillandsioideae. An epiphyte native to Ecuador, T. cyanea is among the most commonly cultivated bromeliad species. The foliage grows in a rosette of thin, recurved leaves and the inflorescence is a plume of pink or red bracts from which violet flowers emerge.

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