Anwyl Bromeliads   click on the small photos to see a full-screen image

Tillandsia landbeckii

# AF91137   subspecies andina

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Plants grown from seed supplied by K. Knize in Peru, labelled "KK36 Vriesea espinosae". We originally thought it was Tillandsia andicola, but it has now been identified as a subspecies of T. landbeckii.

General notes

The species comes from Peru and northern Chile. Subspecies landbeckii comes from higher altitudes in central and southern Peru.