Tillandsia aeranthos
Tillandsia (Anoplophytum) aeranthos (Loiseleur) L. B. Smith (1943)
April 12th, 2025
- The floral bract was red C0 M60 Y0 K0.
- The spike was round and short.
- 6 flowers bloomed from the bottom side of the spike at intervals of 1 - 2 days and the spike was in full bloom and showy a week later.
- D 10 mm.
- The spike continued to grow long during the flowering period.
- L 35 - 40 mm at the beginning and L 50 - 55 mm at the end.
Smith and Downs (1974, 1977)
- Inflorescence
- simple with 5-20 flowers in more than 2 ranks, dense or subdense, ovoid or short-cylindric.
- Floral bracts
- ovate, usually exceeding the sepals but sometimes only equaling them, acute or the lowest with short filiform lepidote blades, inflated, membranaceous, nerved, glabrous, bright rose in life