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A catalogue of Bromeliads used for various projects by - Lloyd Godman

This is a catalogue of bromeliads used by Lloyd godman for his various installations and photosynthesis projects - the collection of pants he accessed in New Zealand from 1996 - 2004 was collected from a wide range of sources, while most were brought from Greens Bromeliads, some were also donated by the Dunedin Botanical Gardens. Later in 2004 these plants were either sold or given away with his move to Australia.

Lloyd is at present re-establishing his collection where he now lives in Melbourne.

A Lexicon of Bromeliads: A resource by Lloyd Godman

Genus - Tillandsia: Sub-Family - Tillandsioideae: Family - Bromeliad

Tillandsias are regarded as true air plants and as such are among the most unusual of the Bromeliad family. They range from bulbous forms and grass like structures to silver tufted masses. Typically they grow where there is free air movement like high treetop environments or across open rock faces, and often they are heavily covered in silver trichomes that help reflect the high levels of sun light they receive in these locations. While some tolerate temperatures as low as 5 degrees C (40 degrees F), or even lower, most prefer temperatures of around 10-32 degrees C (50-32 degrees F). While they require high levels of humidity, they need to dry out quickly and completely between misting or watering. As the trichome scales open to absorb moisture and close to retain it, it is important that the plants are given time to dry out and most plant deaths occur because of over watering.

Tillandsimania - is an interactive PDF and a work in progress which is updated annually for more information - Tillandsia – air plant E book

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Tillandsia tenufolia saxicola L.B. Smith

tenufolia saxicola

detail of Tillandsia tenufolia saxicola



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Family: Bromeliad

Sub-Family: Tillandsioideae

Genus: Tillandsia

Sub-Genus:

Native distribution and habitat: T. tenufolia is an epiphyte from Mexico, the West Indies and south to Bolivia and north Argentina. It is found growing in a wide range of territory, from seal level, where it is so close to the ocean it can be dampened by salt spray, and rock and thickets to an altitude of 2,700 m.

Growth habit: There are a number of varieties of this plant and all form tight clumps over time. The plant is caulescent which is often branched. The growth habit is negative geotropic.

Foliage: The thin channeled leaves are gray green and distinctly stiff and reach about 50 mm to 100 mm.

Flowers: T. tenufolia forms a short slender bright red erect scape, while the petals may be white, blue or rose. The flowers are very slightly keeled.

Seed:

Pups:

Cultivation: This is a fairly easy plant to grow. Dale W. Jenkins of the Sarasota Bromeliad Society suggests the species is hardy with survival and little or no damage at -3 °c for several hours.

Availability: Various forms of this plant are often available.