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A catalogue of Bromeliads used for various projects by - Lloyd Godman

This is a catalogue of bromeliads used by Lloyd godman for his various installations and photosynthesis projects - the collection of plants he accessed in New Zealand from 1996 - 2004 was collected from a wide range of sources, while most were brought from Greens Bromeliads, some were also donated by the Dunedin Botanical Gardens. Later in 2004 these plants were either sold or given away with his move to Australia.

Lloyd is at present re-establishing his collection where he now lives in Melbourne and utilizing the plants for airborne gardens and the Hybrid project.

 

A Lexicon of Bromeliads: A resource by Lloyd Godman

Genus - Tillandsia : Sub-Family - Tillandsioideae: Family - Bromelioideae

Tillandsias are regarded as true air plants and as such are among the most unusual of the Bromeliad family. They range from bulbous forms and grass like structures to silver tufted masses. Typically they grow where there is free air movement like high treetop environments or across open rock faces, and often they are heavily covered in silver trichomes that help reflect the high levels of sun light they receive in these locations. While some tolerate temperatures as low as 5 degrees C (40 degrees F), or even lower, most prefer temperatures of around 10-32 degrees C (50-32 degrees F). While they require high levels of humidity, they need to dry out quickly and completely between misting or watering. As the trichome scales open to absorb moisture and close to retain it, it is important that the plants are given time to dry out and most plant deaths occur because of over watering.

Plants are marked NZ for those collected in New Zealand - or Aust - for the new plants collected since coming to Australia

 

Identifying Tillandsias by flower colour

Tillandsia aeranthos Tillandsia bergeri Tillandsia duratii Tillandsia juncea

Tillandsia paleacea ourima

Unknown flower 2

Tillandsia ampala now lajenisi Tillandsia baileyiTillandsia baileyi Tillandsia Fusciculata Tillandsia fusciculata Tillandsia guatemalensisTillandsia guatemalensis Tillandsia magnusiana Tillandsia mallemontii
Tillandsia seleriana

Unknown flower 1

       

Tillandsia incarnata large

Tillandsia houston

hybrid of Stricta x recurvifolia

Tillandsia rosiflora

 

 

 

Tillandsia crocata Tillandsia ixioides Tillandsia jucunda Tillandsia kybong Tillandsia schiedeana Tillandsia usneoides
           

Tillandsia leonamiana

Tillandsia tenuifolia

 

 

 

 

 

Tillandsia albertiana