Family: Bromeliad
Sub-Family: Tillandsioideae:
Genus: Tillandsia
Sub-Genus: Allardtia
Native distribution: Endemic to Brazil the small but hard Tillandsia usually an epiphyte
Habit: As the small compact plant grows into a cluster of plants, it produces a distinctive whirled form like a series of wild waves.
Foliage: The leaves can vary from green to bronze with darker sheaths which, on a small scale, makes the plant attractive
Flowers: The bright red long and extended inflorescence is simple with a single spike and similar to T. caulescens. A series of light mauve flowers open on each side of the sword like sheath.
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Cultivation: Uncommon in cultivation it is a hardy plant, but will respond to increased misting.
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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