Tillandsia kurthorstii Rauh[as Tillandsia kurthorstii Rauh]

Observations: —Differs from T. streptocarpa in
1 - Forms dense cushions.
2- Stem tenuous and very much branched with many roots.
3- Leaves narrow, deeply channelled with congested spreading lepidote scales.
4- Inflorescence always simple.
5 - Spike very short to 3cm long, 0.5cm wide, lax, few flowered.

Edited from : Rauh 1987b. Bromelienstudien (Mitteilung 19). I. Neue und wenig bekannte Arten aus Peru und anderen Ländern .