Tillandsia clavigera var. pendula Rauh[as Tillandsia clavigera var. pendula Rauh]

Diagnose: —A typo T. clavigera differt inflorescentiis pendulis, bracteis floralibus longioribus, sepalis longioribus et pruina intense alba organum omnium sepalis petalisque exceptis.

Observations: —Differs from the type T. clavigera Mez by the hanging inflorescence, the long floral bracts, the long sepals and by the strong white frosting on all organs, sepals and petals excluded.
Grows with T. fendleri Griseb. var. fendleri

Translated by Butcher & Gouda from: Rauh 1985a. (protologue) Bromelienstudien (Mitteilung 16). I. Neue und wenig bekannte Arten aus Peru und anderen Ländern .