Tillandsia rhodocephala Ehlers & Koide

Literature references:

BSA (Web) FCBS (Web) Golinski 1997 J. Bromeliad Soc.: 44:131cd: 63(1):77 Oliva-Esteve 2002: 145 Roguenant 2001: 617 Tropiflora Cargo Rep: 14(3) Wien Herbarium, Inst

Comments:

• Known from the type locality only. Terrestrial in big groups. In the type area, a small, yellow-bracted Tillandsia capitata grows lithophytically but never terrestrially. In contrast, T. rhodocephala never grows lithophytically although the two species grow side by side.
  In cultivation the color may range from pale green to orange-red. —See Ehlers & Koide 1994 p. 44(3): 130-133