Tillandsia nizandensis vipp 10-15 Black thumbprint on the edge

Black thumbprint on the edge of each leaf

It can reach 30 inches across and is a good landscape plant for south Florida

In cultivation it takes on a bit more red but still has a distinct yellow center at anthesis

This plant produces offsets freely before anthesis

The inflorescence has more and wider branches but is more compact and taller

Tillandsia nizandensis vipp 10-15 Black thumbprint on the edgeA species with long very thin, grassy leaves, that are stiff, succulent and form a spreading, funnelform rosette. Closely resembling Tillandsia hammeri, it differs in being larger, more spreading, less silvery and stoloniferous. The inflorescence has more and wider branches but is more compact and taller, among other differences. Native to limestone outcrops near Nizanda, Oaxaca, Mexico, it was first collected by Ehlers and only described in 2016. The