The prototype clone for Tillandsia stricta has soft green leaves and grows a bright red bloom spike with bright blue flowers. Tillandsia stricta is one of the fastest growing tillandsias from seeds. There are many cultivars of this species and we have a number of them listed in the Cultivar section. Tillandsia stricta has been used to make many hybrids and we have some of them listed in the section on Hybrids.