Tillandsia hitchcockiana CHINA Closely resembling the more familiar

Closely resembling the more familiar Sincoraea navioides

This species grows in the drier

blackish marginal spines that contrast well with the silvery-gray foliage

This Dyckia has bold

formerly Streptocalyx poeppigii which then became Aechmea beeriana but since 2008 has been classified as Ae

Tillandsia hitchcockiana CHINA Closely resembling the more familiarFormerly Vriesea hitchcockiana, now classified as Tillandsia, hitchcockiana has narrow, stiff leaves in a graceful rosette. The inflorescence is pink, branched and very tall, with lavender flowers. Native from Ecuador to Peru, it is a saxicole or epiphyte in nature. It bears certain similarity to Vr. cereicola but lacks the stoloniferous habit of that species. Tillandsia hitchcockiana and Vriesea cereicola are two species of gray leaved Vrieseas that