Family: Bromeliad
Sub-Family: Tillandsioideae:
Genus: Tillandsia
Sub-Genus:
Native distribution: Tillandsia ionantha grows as an epiphyitically in Mexico, Guatemala and Nicaragua in a range of conditions from moist forests to exposed deciduous trees and rocks in arid regions, at altitudes of 1,800 to 5,000 feet.
Habit: Therer are many forms of this plant. In Its miniature form, creates dense masses of tufting, silvery rosettes reaches only 11/2 to 4 inches in height. The small spike like leaves, seldom over 2 inches long, are covered with silvery scales.
Foliage:
Flowers: When the species starts to flower, the entire plant turns vivid rosy red and the narrow, tubular flowers are large for the size of the plant, topping the foliage by 1 to 11/2 inches. The petals are vivid purple.
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Cultivation:
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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