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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 festucoides  

Tillandsia festucoides

 

 

 




 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 






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Family: Bromeliad

Sub-Family: Tillandsioideae:

Genus: Tillandsia

Sub-Genus:

Native distribution and habitat: As a species, it is common known as the fescue air-plant. It is a species of Tillandsia native to the Greater Antilles, Mexico, the Cayman Islands, Florida and Central America, at altitudes from 50 m to 1,000 m.


Growth habit: T. festucoides forms a grass like clump similar to T. juncea but the leaves have more saturated colour of green and red. At maturity the plant is about 250 mm to 450 mm high.


Foliage: The leaves are long, thin and grass like.


Flowers: The erect, digitate inflorescence is slender with a red scape. It produces tubular flowers with purple petals. Dale W. Jenkins of the Sarasota Bromeliad Society suggests the species is delicate with death or severe damage at temperatures below -3 °c for several hours.


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Availability: The plant is quite rare and not often available.