Tillandsia capitata ‘Peach’: a star in bloom

Among the Tillandsias currently in flower in our greenhouse, T. capitata ‘Peach’ is a real eye-catcher, alongside, amongst others, the superb Tillandsia oaxacana and Tillandsia caput medusae.

These beautiful specimens, measuring around twenty centimetres in diameter, are all at various stages of flowering, a process that Tillandsias always take some time to establish. It begins with a change in colour in the upper parts of the foliage (covering a larger or smaller area depending on the species), followed by the emergence of the flower stalk and its colourful bracts, from which the petals eventually emerge – in this case, a deep purple.

The term ‘peach’ refers to the colour of its newest leaves when it flowers.