Tillandsia turneri Baker

Literature references:

Betancur 2001b: 128*: 92* Die Bromelie: 2015(3): 124, 132 FCBS (Web) Misc.: Mutis, Archivo Real Jardin Botanico III pl.306 Madrid (1783-1816) Oliva-Esteve & Steyermark 1987: 262 Oliva-Esteve 2000a: 252 Smith & Downs 1977: 758: 769,771* U.S. Nat. Herb.

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Comments:

• Key to the Varieties of Tillandsia turneri
  
  1. Inflorescence compact, to 14 cm or rarely to 20 cm long; branches suberect.
  2. Plant flowering 40-50 cm high; inflorescence of many spikes; sepals 18-20 mm long. var turneri.
  2. Plant flowering 15-40 cm high; inflorescence of a few spikes or simple; sepals 13-15 mm long. var orientalis..
  1. Inflorescence sublax, to 30 cm long; branches spreading. var patens. —See Smith & Downs 1977
• Culture and use : Interesting species, but probably difficult to grow; not known from cultivation. —See Gouda 1987