Tillandsia 'Ruby Slippers' FULL SUN This Larry Giroux hybrid is

This Larry Giroux hybrid is a cultivar of ‘Lirico’ x ‘Tabasco’ having 20+ linear-lanceolate leaves forming a medium plant 12″ in diameter with a full round shape

tapering to a point

cylindrical vine like branches which are stripped in red

in a stoloniferous open rosette of stiff bronzy-reddish leaves

Tillandsia 'Ruby Slippers' FULL SUN This Larry Giroux hybrid isJim Irvins cultivar of (ionantha v. vanhyningi x caputmedusae Red form) shows some characteristics of both parents. Overall it is most similar to the caput medusae parent with a somewhat bulbous base and narrow leaves flaring outward. The leaves are semi terete but do not contort like caput medusae often does. The ionantha v. vanhyningii aspect comes through in the inflorescence which is a short scape of tight branches and rosy red bracts. At anthesis