Tillandsia cyanea
     Native to Ecuador. It is one of the few tillandsias that grows best when potted, though it may also be grown mounted. If potted, it must be in a free-draining soil (i.e. add perlite or orchid bark to your potting soil). It has a large showy bloom; a hot pink spike with purple flowers. Each purple flower lasts 1-3 days, and it continues to produce the flowers for 1-3 months. Some have a cinnamon-clove fragrance---especially in the morning.