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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 flabellata -  (flah-bell-AH-tah)  

Tillandsia flabellata

 

 

 

Family: Bromeliad

Sub-Family: Tillandsioideae:

Genus: Tillandsia

Sub-Genus:

Native distribution: This species is native to southern Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas) and Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Peru.

Habit: An unusual species of Tillandsia that comes in many forms with lush green leaves.The plant will grow to about 45cvm high and 45cm wide

Foliage:

Flowers: The plant produces a spectacular multi-stemmed spike with coral coloured bracts - flowers are violet and form from mid winter through mid summer depending on the plant. An exceptional airplant species, Tillandsia Flabellata produces a wonderful multi stemmed candlelabra shaped, with violet flowers.

Seed:

Pups:

Cultivation: Like Tillandsia cyanea, Tillandsia flabellata is another one of those WOW species. Red leaves and a rare, multi-spiked coral inflorescence with violet flowers make this one attractive plant.

When grown as an epiphyte, it is important to ensure that Tillandsia Flabellata has somewhere moist to root, such as moist sphagnum moss attached to cork bark.  This helps to ensure that any roots stay moist.  The plant responds to moderate watering and light. The plant grows well at temperatures between 10-32 degrees C

Watering at least 2 or 3 times in a week, mist them with water or immerse in water once a week depending on light conditions.

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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