This species enjoys pure water and does not thrive in constantly hot conditions though is not a difficult plant to cultivate and does not require special care
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This is the ‘typical’ form
The charcoal leaves are covered with medium dense scurf with two longitudinal stripes that are unmarked
A highly decorative plant
Tillandsia toropiensis Size:Medium This species enjoys pure waterA handsome, slender growing, clump forming species from Rio Grande do Sul state in southern Brazil. Described by Prof. Dr. Werner Rauh in 1984. A lithophyte, growing with several species of cacti, orchids and other bromeliad species. The foliage is silvery lepidote, slender, in a loose upright rosette with an inflorescence about a long as the leaves, un branched, with light red bracts and open white flowers. Individual plants reach about 8 inches tall.