This Vriesea grows more like a Tillandsia and should be treated as such. It has stolons and forms a nice candelabra shaped cluster, so your grouping may end up getting a bit crowded.

Thanks,Lisa. I should be so lucky as to have them get over-crowded !! That I don't kill them off is my First objective.Any tips on using fertilizer ? Spray 'em or dunk 'em ? I don't have a lot of grey Tillandsias,but those I have seem to do ok with a once a month or two soaking in a 20-10-20 with minor elements. Tropiflora's
air plant food,using their application rate schedule. So do likewise with these Vriesae's ?? Bob

Bob, my gray-leafed Vrieseas grow side by side with their brethren although at a much slower pace for some reason. I use a 2 1/2 gallon Birchmeier backpack sprayer to mist/wet all the plants with food twice a month at full strength. Otherwise, they get misted sometimes daily with the hose-end. Here's my espinosae almost 15 years old and still the size of a tennis ball!!!
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