Pink Quill is an epiphytic plant (that lives on another plants, although, contrary to the parasite plants, it doesn't feed of them) from the Pineapple family - Bromeliaceae - coming from Ecuador. It releases a spike of imbricate overlapping bracts of rosy color from where the blue violet flowers arise. It flourishes during the summer or the autumn.
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/nostri-imago/2858297526/">Pink Quill (Tillandsia cyanea)</a>