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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 tricolor giant form  

Tillandsia tricolor giant form

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Family: Bromeliad

Sub-Family: Tillandsioideae

Genus: Tillandsia

Sub-Genus:

Native distribution and habitat: T. tricolor is an epiphytic Tillandsia native to Mexico, Nicaragua and Costa Rica that grows at high altitudes from 1,100 m to 2100 m.

Growth habit: Many scaly grass like leaves form an erect dense rosette up to 18 inches high. The growth habit is negative geotropic.

Foliage: The bright green leaves have castaneous (dark brown) leaf sheaths (bases) and, interestingly, the transition between the two has many small brown spots that dot the green leaf blade. The leaves are stiff and become red in the center at flowering time. While they are wider at the base they tapper to a fine point. The out leaves tend to all away from the main rosette in a recurved manner.

Flowers: T. tricolor forms a tall, handsome sword like (wide on one axis and narrow on the other) yellow inflorescence where the bright purple violet flowers emerge from either side.

Seed:

Pups: Pups form from the base of the plant on a short stolon which separates the offsets from the mother plant.

Cultivation: This is an easy resilient plant to grow and can easily adapt to a wide range of locations. After flowering, the pups from at the ends of scaly branching stolons or rhizomes. 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.