Tillandsia aeranthos var. alba T.Strehl & G.Rohde

Taxonomic Change:

• To be published as a forma (the white form appears between the normal colored specimen and is only a form) (personal communication with E.J. Gouda)

Literature references:

Klein 2011: 2011(1): 16-23

Comments:

• all similar to Tillandsia aeranthos var. aeranthos, except for the following characteristics:
  Overall, the floral characteristics of this new variety lie within the normal size range of the type variety of T aeranthos. Variety alba, with its unmistakable white color, was a rare occurrence among plants of the type variety, that is, with flowers all pink and blue. It grows in sunny environments on low trees branches in urban Porto Alegre, on the banks of the Guaiba River at Guaruja. —See Bromelia