Tillandsia ionantha

They are acaulescent or sometimes shortly caulescent plants, with a size of 6–8 cm high. The leaves 4–9 cm long; with pods 0.6–1 cm wide, densely patent fabric; narrow triangular sheets, 0.3-0.4 cm wide, dense lepidota indument, foliaceous bracts; compound inflorescence (of simple appearance due to the reduction of the spikes to 1 flower), with 1-3 flowers, primary foliaceous bracts, much longer than the spikes, floral bracts 3 cm long, longer than the sepals and covering them in the anthesis, ecarinated, inconspicuously nervate, glabrous, membranous, sessile flowers; sepals are 2 cm long, free, the posterior carinate, the anterior ecarinated; purple petals. Capsules are 2.5-4.5 cm long.[6]

Tillandsia ionantha 'Druid'

Tillandsia ionantha was described by Jules Emile Planchon and published in Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe 10: 101, t. 1006. 1854-1855 [1855].[7]

Etymology

• Tillandsia: generic name that was named by Carl Linnaeus in 1738 in honor of the Finnish doctor and botanist Elias Tillandz (originally Tillander ) (1640-1693).[8]
• ionantha: epithet Latin meaning "with violet flowers"[9]

Synonymy

• Tillandsia ionantha f. fastigiata P.Koide
• Tillandsia ionantha var. Max Ehlers
• Tillandsia ionantha var. LBSmith scaposa
• Tillandsia ionantha var. P.Koide stricta
• Tillandsia ionantha var. van-hyningii MBFoster
• Tillandsia ionantha var. zebrina BTFoster
• Tillandsia rubentifolia Poisson & Menet
• Tillandsia scopus Hook. F. 4

A plant in display

Flowering on a fence

Inflorescence closeup

On a display

• Tillandsia 'Aleta'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Apretado'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Aristocrat'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Boreen'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Blushing Bride'[11]
• Tillandsia 'Califano'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Chiquininga'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Cone Head'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Corinne'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Curra'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Dagun'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Dawn'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Druid'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Frolic'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Fuego'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Glenorchy'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Hand Grenade'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Haselnuss'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Hidden Charm'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Hilda Arriza'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Huamelula'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Humbug'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Jack Staub'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Jalapa Fortin'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Joel'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Key Lime Sundae'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Kinkin'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Luke'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Maidens Blush'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Miz Ellen'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Mudlo'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Noosa'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Peach'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Peewee'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Penito'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Pine Cone'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Pink Champagne'[10]
• Tillandsia 'PJ's Prize'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Pomona'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Renate'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Richard Oeser'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Rosita'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Rubra'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Scion'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Silver Surprise'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Silver Trinket'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Small Mexican'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Sweet Chocolate'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Sybil Frasier'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Tall Velvet'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Tina Parr'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Tinca Fire'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Tisn't'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Victoria'[10]
• Tillandsia 'Zebrina'[10]