Bromeliad Cultivar Register (17491) 2024-08-25

*TILLANDSIA ‘OT Red’*	? / John Olsen*	circa 1990
Mature rosette to approx 25cm wide x 25cm. high and reaching to 45cm. high in bloom. Channeled, light-green, arching leaves, lightly frosted underneath and attaining a reddish hue all over in high light. Salmon-pink bracts with tight spikes and tubular violet flowers. A plant with an unknown history that stood out amongst grey-leaved similar hybrids imported by Olive Trevor's Olive Branch Nursery, Brisbane. Hence named 'OT' after Olive. The cross is thought to most likely be T. capitata x T. flabellata. Reg. Doc. 1/2023 by John Olsen. Country of origin: Queensland Australia
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