220. PUYA RAIMONDII. This hardy, Andean giant of the bromeliad family is native to 
the highlands of Bolivia. It is a species that is rarely offered. 
222. QUESNELIA ARVENSIS. In the Southern California coastal belt this robust, broad 
leaved plant is hardy. A brilliant red, pointed cone rises from the center. Offshoots 
are produced freely. 
224. TILLANDSIA ALBIDA. This rarity is strongly caulescent, the short whitish leaves 
growing densely along a 12 inch stalk. With moderate humidity the plant will live 
indefinitely without roots. The flowers are red. Mexico. 
226. TILLANDSIA ANCEPS. This collector’s item is much like T. lindenii, except that 
the blue flowers on the scape-bract are smaller and do not flatten out as fully. 
228. TILLANDSIA ANDRIEUXII. A rare species about 4 inches in height. Resembles 
the group of inflated-leaf-base Tillandsias. The narrowing leaves twist upwards and 
are whitish with cinereous scales. The plant suckers freely and has a pleasing spright- 
liness. 
230. TILLANDSIA BRACHYCAULOS. A beauty in a blushing mood. The leaves are nu- 
merous, arching-decurved, forming a low rosette 6 inches across. From Southern 
Mexico and Central America. 
232. TILLANDSIA BUTZII. The leaves at the base form an inflated pseudobulb, then 
narrow into slender spiral wires, pointed at the tips. The entire plant is green 
and thoroughly mottled with fine, 
confluent purplish spots. Central 
America. 
234. TILLANDSIA CYANEA. A gem 
of the plant world, and a notable, 
compellingly beautiful ornament for 
house or tropical garden. Imbedded 
among the leaves of the dense, cra- 
teriform rosette stands a flat, broad 
spike, or scape of bright ‘“Mexican”’ 
pink. From the bracts of the spike 
emerge flowers in a continuing series 
of one or two at a time, showing three 
deep-blue petals that are large, round, 
and flat. The brilliance of this plant 
will instantly capture and hold a 
glance, whatever the nature of the 
surroundings. 
236. TILLANDSIA FLABELLATA. 
One of our choice plants. Out of the 
many arched leaves comprising the 
dense rosette arises a digitate inflor- 
escence of 4-8 spikes, each long, nar- 
rowly-flat, and suffused with bright 
red. A well grown plant with spike 
will reach 2 feet in height. This has 
been crossed with a Vriesea and 
should be used extensively in hybrid- 
izing to produce multiple-branched 
re ¥e inflorescences. 
Tillandsia Lindenii 238. TILLANDSIA LINDENII. Gen- 
erally and formerly known as T. Lin- 
deniana. This plant is a Brazilian en- 
largement of Tillandsia Cyanea, and is about 15 inches in diameter with leaves pencilled 
in dark, reddish-purple lines. The spike stands above the rosette on a round, slender 
stem before it widens, flattens, and takes on the vivid watermelon color of the above 
mentioned species. In this lovely plant the flowers are rounder and of a paler shade of 
blue. This species is one of the finer bromeliads. Perfect for a conversation piece on a 
large coffee table. 
240. TILLANDSIA SPP. This is what we call, for lack of a better identification, 
“blue with a white eye.” Something like the last species, not as important, but pleas- 
ingly fragrant. There is a white spot where the petals converge. 
242. TILLANDSIA PUNCTATA. This species is always admired. When in spike the 
entire plant is suffused with a dull red. From Cuba and Mexico. 
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