Wow, that has travelled well in such a flat envelope!!! I will closely watch when the flowers come.

For tenuifolia, consider var surinamensis, see page 92 of the Japanese Tillandsia Handbook. The form of the flowers of strobiliformis have a much more 'square' appearance to them..

As if the plant has read my mind: Never in all these years that I have it, did it flower. And this morning when I had a look at it, THERE IT WAS. And some at the other side of the branch as well!
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I guess your plant figured that since people were watching it now that it better get movin'! I feel a white flower coming.

Gonzer, does the leaf of cocoensis usually stay wrinkled all the time or it only appear that way when it's dehydrated? Japie's plants also exhibit the same characteristic.

They do stay wrinkled. This is a trait some tills show, among them is T. albertiana. Folks can mistakenly think that this is a sign of dehydration and irrigate too much.

Gonzer, this trait you are pointing out is one I have never thought of as one to keep an eye out for - very interesting. Not to get off topic, but I noticed that the trailing variety of T. aeranthos I recently posted about has this kind of wrinkling at the leaf bases.

Mike

Thanks gonzer. That explain why mine never grow well. Too much water I guess.

Gonzer, here is the flower! So that means your leaning feeling was right - some form of araujei! Do I just label it T araujei "Gonzer"? Or have you got another form name for me?
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And here is another challenge for you. I got a piece of a huge one from a friend and he has got no idea what it is. The plant is rather sad looking but another friend of mine was with me and she got a better looking piece, so here is a picture of her new Till. Mine has a leftover piece of the inflorescence still attatched, but only the dried up piece of stalk. And the left-over piece is about 30cm long:
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Very nice Japie! As for a name I would just use 'T. araujei 'Large Form'" (can't mess with FCBS protocol!). Many Tills will develop larger sizes due to their habitat locale, some plants of the same species quite different appearing even just a few kilometres from each other. Which brings us to your new plant. It appears to be one of the large forms of T. latifolia. This species has a lot of different sized forms. Yours looks like one of the big Peruvian types. Flowering will tell.
P.S. It doesn't look sad to me, a few months in your garden and it'll be a new plant.