; 0 118.tillandsia dianthoidea rossi var; 1 grisea guillaum; 2 var; 3 nova; 4 the peduncle bracts and the floral bracts are noticeably the colour of those of the type, the petals, instead of being an intense purplish blue (cfr; 5 loiseleur - deslongchamps herbier general de l’amateur, v, t; 6 304, botanical register, xvi, t; 7 1338, revue horticole, lxxvii, p; 8 463), are of a dull slate grey, when one regards in minute detail, the many, and minuscule purple points on a white base very lightly tinted with blue (marnier, f; 9 15, 1947) who had it at the villa thuret in antibes for 7 or 8 years.Translated by Butcher from: Guillaumin 1947. Plantes nouvelles, rares ou critiques des serres du Museum .