Family: Bromeliad
Sub-Family: Tillandsioideae
Genus: Tillandsia
Sub-Genus:
Native distribution:
Seed parent: T. ixioides
Pollen Parent: T. recurvifolia
Habit: The name describes a single plant when viewed from above - tapered leaves in a symmetrical rosette completely covered in a white scurf. As a hybrid it can grow to be over 30 cm, which is much larger than either parent. The plant closely resembles the ixioides parent, but has a greater number of leaves. It grows into impressive clumps.
Foliage:
Flowers: The floral bracts are a light rose and the corollas vary from cream to mimosa.
Seed:
Pups:
Cultivation: This is one of the hardier growing, Tillandsias and can take full sun, responds to regular misting - do this in the morning - not in the middle of the day in summer when the sun can burn off the trichomes.
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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