Mazhar Botanic Garden

Tillandsia cyanea L.B.Sm

Blue Flowered Torch Pink Quill Plant

Sample code: EGY-MBG-000530
English name: Blue Flowered Torch, Pink Quill Plant
Native: Ecuador
Country: Ecuador

Epiphytic perennial growing to 50 cm high leaves leathery Linear or strap-shaped the flowers are borne on an elliptic to broadly acute inflorescence and have conspicuous pink or red bracts The flowers are 20 to 25mm long and are purple in colour 

Ornamental indoor plant

Wallisia cyanea Barfuss & WTill

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Texture: Loam Sandy
Water Sources: Humidity
Lights: Semi shade
Propagation: Offsets
Flowering time: Spring and autumn
Zone: 10 : 12
pH range: 5.5 to 7.5

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