Tillandsia 'Califano' is a hybrid between Tillandsia baileyi and Tillandsia ionantha. Easy-care and resistant plant, with leaves that form a small pseudobulb, covered with marked trichomes that give it a velvety appearance. Long-lasting flowering, which occurs in spring, with red floral bracts, tubular lilac flowers. The central leaves turn red at the time of flowering. It forms beautiful clumps in a relatively short time.