Family: Bromeliad
Sub-Family: Tillandsioideae:
Genus: Tillandsia
Sub-Genus:
Native distribution: Tillandsia jalisco-monticola is a endemic to the State of Jalisco, Mexico and its species name means "mountain dweller."
Habit: A single plant can grow up to nearly three feet in diameter
Foliage: Stiff curved, tappering leaves, the lkeaves turn red when exposed to direct sunlight.
Flowers: The plant can produce an inflorecsence with up to 4 branches, the heads are elongated and inflated and are red to pale green in coloration. Medium purple colored flowers. The color of the inflorescence can last for a year or more
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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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