Tillandsia streptocarpa, Peru RACINAEA Myrmecodia and Hydnophytum though this

Myrmecodia and Hydnophytum though this is a stand alone genus with a few species

A choice species from Sudan that forms a thick

The leaf texture is rather soft and the leaves are coated with silvery trichomes on both sides

Few Tillandsias are more striking when in bloom

Having little in common with the other species

Tillandsia streptocarpa, Peru RACINAEA Myrmecodia and Hydnophytum though thisThis species is said to be botanically very closely allied to paleacea. However this variable and widespread plant little resembles the former. A caulescent, clumping, epiphytic Tillandsia of the thorn forest, streptocarpa has narrow, twisted, silvery leaves and a simple to multi branched spike of lovely, very fragrant blue flowers. Native from Peru to Brazil, our plants originally came from the windswept Utucubamba river canyon of northern Peru.