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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 hitchcockiana  

Tillandsia hicthcockiana

Tillandsia hitchcockiana

 

 

 

 



 

 



 

Native distribution and habitat: Grows as an epiphyte on trees and cacti, open
forest, at altitudes from 1200 to 1900 m, southwestern Ecuador and northwestern
Peru. This attractive species is related to T. incurva, T. cereicola and T. patula.

Growth habit: The plant forms a bulbous but open rosette.


Foliage: While similar to T. cereicola the leaves are stiffer and the plant grows
larger.


Flowers: The branched peach red inflorescence forms at the end of a long
thin scape, while the keeled petals are a soft peach colour which apart from
the texture are nearly indistinguishable from the bracts. Both Mez and Smith
agreed that sepals which widely exceed the floral bracts indicates the plant is T.
hitchcockiana, while if less than the bracts, the plant is T. cereicola

Seed:


Pups: Off-shoots form at the base of the plant.


Cultivation:


Availability: A rare plant, not often available.