SIZE: Medium Singles 5”
DESCRIPTION: These are a beautiful gray/white form of stricta that has a tendency to blush purple on the leaves when given good amounts of light. Tillandsia stricta is native to eastern South America where it can be found growing on sand, trees, rocks, and even buildings and telephone poles. Stricta is one of the more prolific air plants in the Tillandsia Genus. Often growing in large clumps, these plants are known for their beautiful neon pink bloom. The downside to their blooms is that they have a relatively short life-span: 2 to 3 weeks. The upside is that after Stricta produce their bloom, they begin the process of creating offsets, which will in turn bloom within the next year or two.
TAXONOMY:
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Bromeliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Tillandsioideae |
| Genus: | Tillandsia |
| Subgenus: | Tillandsia subg. Anoplophytum |
| Species: |
T. stricta var ‘Soft Purple’
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