Native distribution and habitat:
Growth habit:
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Cultivation:
Family: Bromeliad
Sub-Family: Tillandsioideae:
Genus: Tillandsia
Sub-Genus:
Native distribution: The species is endemic to Guatemala.
Status: Tillandsia harrisii is in listed on Appendix II of the international CITES Agreement which means that trade in this species must be accompanied by a Federal Form A certificate that shows that the plant was produced artificially and not collected from nature.
Habit: As the plant continues to grows it forms an attractive series of fluffy rosettes
Foliage: The leaves are a soft green, quite large succulent and dusted with a thick layer of silver trichomes
Flowers:. The red and violet blooms. The bright, long-lasting red inflorescence is shot but quite thick and emerges from the contrasting white leaves.
Seed:
Pups:
Cultivation: The Tillandsia harrisii is a hardy species that prefers bright light.
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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