Billbergia 'Mary Ellen' Size:Offset Eventually Derek Butcher of Australia

Eventually Derek Butcher of Australia did the footwork to determine that the plant is likely a natural hybrid

The leaves are two inches wide and armed with pronounced black spines

Tillandsia caputmedusae -

Large growing plant

Billbergia 'Mary Ellen' Size:Offset Eventually Derek Butcher of AustraliaA hybrid by Ben Sill. It is a cultivar of 'Mary Louise x leptopoda. Characteristics of the parents are seen in this plant. Tall narrow tube of green leaves that have numerous white spots. The leaves take on a red orange cast which is more noticeable on the underside of the leaves. The ends of the leaves curl like the leptododa parent. The inflorescence is a erect spike of red.