Family: Bromeliad
Sub-Family: Tillandsioideae:
Genus: Tillandsia
Sub-Genus:
Native distribution: Tillandsia latifolia v. divaricata is found in both Peru and Ecuador
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Habit: T. latifolia var. divaricata is primarily an epiphytic (growing on trees) species. After several years, a it can form a giant clump. It has an open rosette with narrow, long leaves
Foliage: The leaves grow in a spiral form along a stem and can grow to be very large, at over 90 cm in height. Sometimes the leaves are smooth, sometimes they are covered with (trichomes).
Flowers: The inflorescence extends well above the rosette and is orange and very long lasting
Seed:
Pups: While some varieties of T. latifolia produce pups on the inflorescence T. latifolia v. divaricata does not but it forms pups at the base of the plant.
Cultivation:
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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