Family: Bromeliad
Sub-Family: Tillandsioideae:
Genus: Tillandsia
Sub-Genus:
Native distribution: Tillandsia concolor is an epiphytic plant from central and southern Mexico from the coast up to 300 m
Habit:
Foliage: stiff-leaved species which blushes red when in bud.
Flowers: The red and green multiple bracts which last for months. Pink tubular flowers emerge from each segment of the bract.
Seed:
Pups:
Cultivation: This Tillandsia thrives in full sun, eventually becoming a huge cluster.
An easy grower with long-lasting color.
Fertilization: A mist every week with Epiphyites Delight or Epsom salts during the growing season will help the plant.
( Epiphyte’s Delight fertilizer was developed for a special reason. Nitrogen promotes foliar growth. If you have Tillandsias, Orchids, or other epiphytes and you feed them, take a look at the nitrogen content. If it’s high in urea, the plants can’t use it because the urea needs a bacteria in soil to break it down into ammonia and nitrates. Since the epiphytes don’t have any soil they can’t break down the urea. It was for this reason that we had Epiphyte’s Delight formulated. It contains only ammoniacal and nitrate nitrogen which is immediately accessible and usable by the plants.)
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