Tillandsia 'Charmer' vipp 10-9 The primary bracts are leaf-like

The primary bracts are leaf-like and blush reddish purple at anthesis

A cultivar of a hybrid by Mark Dimmitt of Tillandsia ferreyrae x bulbosa

well drained soils and moderate watering

easily reaching 4 feet across

Tillandsia 'Charmer' vipp 10-9 The primary bracts are leaf-likeThis plant is a descendent of a wild collected plant that came to us in the 1990s with Tillandsia ionantha v. vanhyningii . Our best guess is that this plant could be a natural hybrid of (ionantha v. vanhyningii x chiapensis) even though we cant be sure of course. Both species are dominant in crosses but in this case it looks like the ionantha v. vanhyningii is the stronger. Charmer looks more like a giant ionantha v. vanhyningii than anything else.