Family: Bromeliad
Sub-Family: Tillandsioideae:
Genus: Tillandsia
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Native distribution: from Rio de Janeiro, in cultivation it likes bright, fairly dry conditions. As a saxicolous(rock dweller) species its natural habitat is on rocky cliffs on the mainland as well on islands where it grows in dense populations.
Habit: This is a smaller tillandisa - 3-4 inches - Neglecta can form large clusters which are especially attractive when grown as hanging clumps.
Foliage: A caulescent saxicole with short, stiff, green to bronzy leaves. Vegetatively it is similar to Tillandsia araujei.
Flowers: The flower is like that of Tillandsia stricta with a nice inflorescence of salmon bracts and blue flowers.
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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.)
Availability: Now rare in its Brazilian habitat of Cabo Frio
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