Tillandsia magnispica MESQUITE wide leaves are mostly green

wide leaves are mostly green with apiculate tips that are black above and red below

never red and a different clone/color of the variable species Tillandsia capitata used as pollen parent

The inflorescence is shorter and more well branched than either parent

erect inflorescence is bright pink with large pink bracts and blue flowers

Tillandsia magnispica MESQUITE wide leaves are mostly greenThis species, from Oaxaca, Mexico, described by Espejo & Lopez Ferrari in 2008, has been often confused with the similar Tillandsia jalisco monticola. Aside from its range which is unique, this species differs from jalisco monticola in that the spike is never branched and is narrower, along with other anatomical differences. A large, spreading rosette with many narrow, dark silvery leaves to 24 inches across, with a simple inflorescence that is very