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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

Tillandsia aeranthos Tillandsia bergeri Tillandsia crocata Tillandsia ixioides

Unknown flower 1

Tillandsia jucunda
Tillandsia kybong Tillandsia duratii Tillandsia paleacea ourima

Tillandsia usneoides

 

 

Tillandsia houston

hybrid of Stricta x recurvifolia

 

Tillandsia cotton candy

 

Unknown flower 2

Tillandsia tenuifolia  

Tillandsia albertiana

Tillandsia mallemontii

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tillandsia Fusciculata Tillandsia fusciculata

Tillandsia guatemalensisTillandsia guatemalensis

Tillandsia juncea

Tillandsia magnusiana

Tillandsia seleriana

Tillandsia schiedeana

Tillandsia ampala now lajenisis

 

Tillandsia baileyiTillandsia baileyi

Tillandsia incarnata large

Tillandsia rosiflora