Blushing Bride
Tillandsia ionantha Planch.
- light
- Part sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 23 cm
- wide
- 15 cm
Bromeliaceae
Formerly Pityrophyllum gracile, Tillandsia rubentifolia
When it flowers
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Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Epiphyte or lithophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Mexico to C. AmericaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade (3 to 6 h)Read from NC State Extension and Epic Gardening, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Height
- 15 cm to 30 cmRead from NC State Extension, Epic Gardening and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by 2 of 3 sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension 0.5–1 ft; Epic Gardening 6–12 in; Wikipedia 6–8 cm
- Spread
- 10 cm to 20 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from Epic Gardening, one source
- Flowers
- PurpleRead from NC State Extension, Epic Gardening and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by all 3 sources. Sources differ: NC State Extension blue, purple; Epic Gardening pink, purple; Wikipedia purple
- Coldest it survives
- -6.7 °C (USDA zone 9a)Read from Epic Gardening, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (2)
- Spanish
- Gallito, Tenchito
- Chinese
- 章鱼凤梨, 章鱼铁兰
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Epic Gardening, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3D model: Tillandsia ionantha (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.