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Pink Quill

Tillandsia guatemalensis

Pink Quill
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0

Pink Quill is an epiphytic air plant from Mexico and Central America, grown for its pink bracts and small blue flowers. Give it bright filtered light, good air movement, and occasional soaking rather than soil.

Family
Bromeliaceae (Pineapple family)
Grows as
Epiphyte
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Mist or soak the whole plant once or twice a week and let it dry fully between waterings; avoid standing water in the rosette.
Soil
No soil needed; mount on bark, cork or wood, or grow loose in a bromeliad-friendly epiphyte mix.
Temperature
18–29 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Easy
Native range
Mexico (Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Chiapas) to C. America
Climate
wet tropical

About

Tillandsia guatemalensis is a species of flowering plant in the genus Tillandsia. This species is native to Mexico and Central America.

Other Tillandsia plants

Tillandsia abbreviata · Tillandsia achyrostachys · Tillandsia acuminata · Tillandsia adamsii · Tillandsia adpressiflora · Tillandsia aequatorialis · Tillandsia aeranthos · Tillandsia afonsoana · Tillandsia aguascalientensis · Tillandsia aizoides · Tillandsia albertiana · Tillandsia albida

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tillandsia guatemalensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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