Tillandsia lotteae Size:Large tinted reddish with some red

tinted reddish with some red pepper speckling

the plant may dwell a foot or more below the surface

A tall-growing form of this species of northern and central Peru where it lives as an epiphyte in thorn forests of the arid foothills in the eastern Andes

They were growing on exposed rock

Tillandsia lotteae Size:Large tinted reddish with some redA species related to Tillandsia xiphioides has relatively few, stiff leaves in an open rosette, with a lanceolate inflorescence of yellow. Flowers are yellow, but unlike xiphioides, not fragrant. We found this species growing on rocks in the full sun, not far from the Rio Santa Rosa in central Bolivia. Crossing the Santa Rosa in our little jeep, we were nearly swept away when the water got as deep as our door handles! This rare plant had not been in