Tillandsia flexuosa v. vivipara PACHYPODIUM forming a caudex

forming a caudex

smooth margins and a long pendant inflorescence of orange-red berries and yellow flowers

This plant is a descendent of a wild collected plant that came to us in the 1990s with Tillandsia ionantha v

and flowers dense and tiny with white petals

Very slow growing and slow to offset so is therefore not common in collections

Tillandsia flexuosa v. vivipara PACHYPODIUM forming a caudexOne of the more unusual of all Tillandsias because of its habit of producing offsets all along its three foot long inflorescence, as well as in the more usual manner. A handsome plant with rather stiff leaves arranged in a more open rosette. This form of flexuosa is apparently native only to Venezuela, with two major colonies of slightly different plants. One colony occurs on the north coast where it often grows in large numbers in shrubs, trees and