Bromeliad Cultivar Register (14631) 2018-03-02

*TILLANDSIA ‘Ruby Black’*	*?/ Woody S.**	circa 2001
Mature, compact rosette 8 cm. diameter x 10 cm. high. Stiff, slightly arching, mid- green leaves with dense trichomes at the base. During blooming, the foliage turns scarlet red with bright green centre, then changes to shocking pink. Deep purple (almost black) flowers. Imported as wild-collected Tillandsia ionantha around 2001 from Costa Rica. Batch grouped and selected since 2015 at VC Garden, Loei, north eastern Thailand. Ionantha Group. Reg. Doc. 2/2018 by Woody Kaotun. Country of origin: Costa Rica
Seed Parent: ionantha
Vanilla Hybrid Garden Code: #55061