Tillandsia tenuifolia

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Plant Characteristics
Habit   bromeliad

Height: 6 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6.
Width: 6 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6.
Lifespan: perennial
Bloom: early summer, mid summer, late summer
Cultivation
Exposure: shade
Features: flowers, houseplant
USDA Zones: 11 to 12
Flower features: blue, purple
Scientific Names

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


Read about Tillandsia tenuifolia in the 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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