In Washington Herbarium 1979 photographed by K. Ehlers; T. rosea Estado da Bahia s.n.; T. rosea 117, Teresopolis Organ Mountains; T. brachyphylla s.n. Road to Bahia; T. rosea? T. globosa, Brazil, in trees in rainforest, leg. Mrs. Abendroth No.109, April 1959.
Comments: The plant has been for many years in culture in Brazil and Europe. It was exported by Amanda Bleher, an orchid and bromeliad nursery, under the name T. regnellii.
This small and beautiful grey Tillandsia was often confused with T. brachyphylla. So the plants shown in Werner Rauh "Bromelien", photo no.86, in the "Journal of the Bromeliad Society" July - August 1980 front page and in V. Padilla " The colorful Bromeliads", page 13-14 are identical with the now described T. roseiflora.
Wilhelm Weber received the plant from Amanda Bleher in 1971 and 1985 and made a botanical drawing. He was puzzled as to which plant it was related. The plant he got in 1971 he put near T. brachyphylla whereas the one he received in 1985 he noted T. aff. sprengeliana !
Brazil, relatively widely distributed, however not in great numbers, usually only a few plants. —SeeEhlers 1997
