A photo of the entire plant would be more helpful.

I have a Tillandsia Complanata that flowers the same.

Here is a picture of the whole plant.

Mine is just a pup only 4"across.
https://www.google.com.au/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=_WS-U47tE83C8geamICgCg&gws_rd=ssl#q=Tillandsia+Complanata

I think the ID is spot on...plant has many forms and doesnt like to be in lower elevations for the most part..it wont grow here

I had one flower stalk on mine this year that I was told to cut off to make the plant stronger.
Hopefully next year I will see the flower.
It flowers yearly without dying.

This post was edited by sunshine_qld on Thu, Jul 10, 14 at 17:15

Tillandsia Complanata does indeed seem to be the plant. Thank you very much. It fell out of a huge strangler fig (ficus).