Tillandsia - Borumba

Description: Tillandsia Borumba is a hybrid of parentage T. baileyi x T. ionantha ‘Druid’, created by QLD hybridist Margaret Paterson. It is a stunning plant growing to around 15cm and sporting long, curving, frosted leaves. The plant's foliage is silvery-green in colour and heavily coated in trichomes. It is very similar to T. Califano, however it seems to not blush as bright a pink when in bloom (possibly due to the parent ionanth being a Druid form). The flowers will be tubular, and blue in colour. Once it finishes flowering it will produce many pups from the base, and quickly form a nice clump. This variety can be susceptible to spidermite. 

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