Tillandsia – air plant E books

The series of books are open documents, you will find areas uncompleted. In time I add to the document to fill in these holes and continue to dig new ones.

Tillandsimania 2018 was a single E book but as it became too large (over 600 pages). Consequently, the 2019 version is broken into 6 separate documents, and when ordered you will receive the very latest version. Each is a interactive PDF E book that links to the other documents. It is very much a work in progress. This means key words are linked to relevant information on other pages, so the document is easy to navigate and find information.

There are 6 Ebooks plus a user guide:

Species A-M

Species N-Z

Hybrids

Culture

Photographing

Alpha Space (art and applications)

Combined the Ebooks contain over 1100 pages, over 300 entries of species and hybrids, over 1000 photographs, 140 illustrations and renders, 50 maps, 11 charts over 60 sound files.

the cost to new supporters of the project is:

$30 Aust - you will be sent an email with Dropbox links

If you previously supported the project an update is:

$20 Aust

To purchase or update email - lloydgodman at gmail.com

GUIDE INFORMATION

Why a PDF?

It was intended to offer the publication as a print on demand book. But as it grew to such a large size, the cost would have been over $400 making it beyond the reach of many Tillandsia enthusiasts and those new to these amazing plants - so I decided to make it affordable and accessible by offering it as an interactive PDF or E book. This allows me to keep working on the project and offering an a new updated version with each new purchase. While it loses the feel of a book it offers other features that a hard copy book can not.

Extensive information on Tillandsias

Contents includes: Introduction - Diversity & range - Tillandsias and the Bromeliad Family - Taxonomy The subfamily Tillandsioideae - Evolution of Tillandsias - A changing climate & adaptation - Collecting Tillandsias - Growing Tillandsias - Tillandsia pests - Tillandsias sunburn, rot & dehydration Out door culture - Indoor culture - Light - Air movement - Tillandsia morphology - (plant parts) Biology of Bromeliads - Cam Cycle - crassulacean acid metabolism) - Leaf shape & cross-section Tillandsia flowers - Pollinating Tillandsia flowers- Tillandsia seeds - Seed germination - Asexual reproduction Stimulating flowering - Transporting Tillandsias - Mounting Tillandsias - Mounting methods - Fragrant Tillandsias Fertilizer - A little bit of history - Tillandsia gallery installations - Living plant sculptures - Urban experiments - Architectural applications - A selection of Tillandsia species - A selection of Tillandsia hybrids

double page spreads at 100%

Layout

The lay out for the book is as a double spread with 2 pages on a screen. So what looks like a single page is actually two pages or the double page spread. No text runs the entire width of both pages so if you enlarge the page to 100% you should easily be able to read the text body. To make reading easier, the text body on each page is broken into 2 columns and is designed to read down the left column then the right. Off course you will need to navigate the document by scrolling across to the adjacent page or scrolling down as needed.

Flexible enlargement

As a high resolution PDF the document can be enlarged from 1% to 6400% which offers great flexibility and the ability to read the text without reading glasses. At 300ppi, the resolution is as high as possible, the images are Lossless which allows enlargements to 300-400% to look at the detail of the images. The texts are vector files which means they can be viewed at any enlargement (6400%) and remain perfectly sharp which is great for maps.

single page spread 100%

300% enlargement

detail of map at 2400% - Note the sharpness of the text to the background image

Add your own notes

At any point in the document you can right click and add a “Sticky note”. This might be to add your own notes or to identify plants you have in your collection. You can also edit these notes at any time in the future. But if you add a note remember to save the document rather than close it.

Easy navigation

The document is cross-referenced with active hyper links similar to a web site, which allows easy access

For instance the INDEX offers a direct link to the exact text on a specific page

If the document is viewed at or greater than 100% the link will go directly to that page with the text at the very top right as in the screen shot below for Minas Gerais.

Load a low resolution copy to your phone

The high res PDF files are large. - Depending upon the power of your computer this means the file may run slow. But included on the DVD is a low res version at 72ppi with the “Lossey” images which reduces the quality considerably – but the file is reduced to only 35mb. The lower res files lose interactivity. This is also an updated version which has some new additions that will go into the 2019 version. As a handy reference you can also copy the file to your phone or other device and have with you at all times which allows readable information on any public transport or a plant to be checked when purchasing.

Work in progress

As an open digital document it is something I work on regularly. Undoubtedly you will find areas uncompleted, mistakes, etc. For instance at the moment I am working on the maps. In time I hope to fill any existing holes and dig entirely new ones. An updated PDF will be offered at the beginning of each year.

Tillandsimania Supporter

Through purchasing the DVD you become a supporter of this ongoing Tillandsia research project.

Copyright & discounts

As you can appreciate there have been many 1,000s of hours work in the production and as a PDF it is easy to copy and pass on to other Tillandsia enthusiasts. However, it would be appreciated that you respect the copyright and rather than pass on free, encourage others to purchase a personal copy. This gives me the incentive to keep working on the project and refine it in the future. Of course, as some customers have done, you are welcome to purchase multiple copies at a discounted price to on sell at a profit. Each copy is signed by the author.

Supporter discount

When you purchase the DVD you become a valued supporter to the project. This also affords you a discount on the updated version of the e book released at the beginning of the year.

Environment

In consideration of the environment - the DVD jewel case is recycled so it may contain some marks. When thousands of Cds are being discarded I cannot justify buying new cases.

Lloyd Godman

Lloyd was head of the photographic section of the Dunedin Art School for 20 years and then taught at RMIT for a further 9 years. From 1996, his work moved from camera based images to explore light sensitivity where he grew images into the leaves of Bromeliad plants. Then followed a series of gallery installations with plants which evolved into his current work with Tillandsias and the built environment. Now, he is seen as a leading ecological artist with The AGE newspaper referring to him as an ecological artist and extreme gardener. He is an experienced photographer and highly skilled in the use of Adobe Photoshop and Indesign which have been used extensively for this project.

Thank you for reading and I trust you enjoy the book.