Tillandsia ehlersiana is one of the most attractive tillandsias. Named after Renate and Klaus Ehlers of Stuttgart, Germany by Prof. Werner Rauh
Family: Bromeliad
Sub-Family: Tillandsioideae:
Genus: Tillandsia
Sub-Genus:
Native distribution: native to Chiapas, Mexico.
Habit: illandsia ehlersiana, forms a large bulbous base, has white lepidote foliage and rose colored spikes. When allowed to grow in to a large clump it creates a bizarre shaped ball.
Foliage: The leaves are covered with a distinct scuff like silver trichome like seude. The out side threadlike leaves bend downwards as the plant matures.
Flowers: the upper part of the plant and inflorescence becomes a beautiful rose when it blooms and the flowers are a dark violet.
Seed:
Pups:
Cultivation: Protect the plant from direct burning sun in summer, especially during hot periods, but in winter, find a luminous place. I place them in location where they get early dappled sunlight and afternoon shade. The plant is surprisingly cold-hardy.
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.)
Availability: Not readily available
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