Tillandsia brachycaulos 'Minima' OOS A rosette of stiff

A rosette of stiff

with a deep ‘thumb print’ near the base of each leaf

the ‘silver form’ tends to get a bit of algae on the trichomes from the high humidity

Twin spines are produced at each bend in the stem

with an upright vase shape that’s very wide in the center

Tillandsia brachycaulos 'Minima' OOS A rosette of stiffThis is a smaller, more graceful, petit clone of Tillandsia brachycaulos, found in a shipment of plants from Guatemala some years ago by John Russell. He grew the plant under that name and we have continued the same, though it has no botanical standing and is not, so far as we know, registered. If you like typical brachycaulos, you'll like this one. It blushes deep red as the normal form but has slightly more glossy leaves. The mature size is about