March 21st, 2020

The foliage has been cultivated since 2020. 03 to 2008. Leaves are longer and more slender than the standard variety, T. fuchsii.

March 21st, 2020

Left: Tillandsia fuchsii forma gracilis, Right: Standard form of Tillandsia fuchsii. Leaves of Tillandsia fuchsii forma gracilis is thinner and longer than the standard form of Tillandsia fuchsii.

July 24th, 2021

Left: Tillandsia fuchsii forma gracilis, Center: Tillandsia argentea, Right: Tillandsia fuchsii. Leaf bases of Tillandsia argentea are sparse and not succulent, whereas those of Tillandsia fuchsii are succulent and the basement of the foliage is bulbose. All these 3 species had been called as Tillandsia argentea. Tillandsia argentea was re-defined in 1990 for the plants distributing in Cuba and Jamaicca, and plants ditributing in southern Mexico and Guatemala was defined as Tillandsia fuchsii. Sometimes Tillandsia fuchsii forma gracilis is still treated under the name of Tillandsia argentea

March 8th, 2003

The foliage had been cultivated from 2003 to 2008. Leaves are longer and more slender than the standard variety, T. fuchsii.