Tillandsia xiphioides Large Form vipp 3-19 This plant came to be

This plant came to be as a result of Harry Luther growing a batch of Sincoraea (previously Orthophytum) heleniceae seed sent to him from Brazil

Culture is easy in shaded locations

but in cultivation takes on a more familiar open shape

which should be familiar to many

The caudex is subterranean but can be elevated to the surface

Tillandsia xiphioides Large Form vipp 3-19 This plant came to beThis is a large growing form of one of the most beautiful of all fragrant flowered Tillandsias. Reaching 8 or more with stiff, thickly succulent, dark grayish green leaves, in a loose, few leaved rosette. The inflorescence is a feather shaped spike bearing a series of really large ruffled, white, deeply fragrant flowers. The fragrance is similar to that of a gardenia. This rare form comes from Bolivia.