Tillandsia rhomboidea BRAZIL and dusted with a thick

and dusted with a thick layer of silvery trichomes

but the other is unknown

The flower spike is glabrous and bright orange

but much larger with more leaves

A very attractive plant with a long-lasting inflorescence

Tillandsia rhomboidea BRAZIL and dusted with a thickA plant of some mystery. Central American forms of concolor are still offered as acostae, as are some forms of fasciculata. In fact, I am not certain that anyone really knows what exactly Tillandsia acostae is. This species is now considered to be rhomboidea, though we also have that species and this one is different in some ways. Our plants came from Costa Rica many years ago. At the time we showed the plants to Prof. Dr. Werner Rauh who gave us the