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Family: Bromeliad
Sub-Family: Tillandsioideae:
Genus: Tillandsia
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Native distribution: This species is endemic to Mexico
Habit: Eventual (Mature) Height: 12cm x Width: 8cm. The plant froms a small tight form
Foliage: The leaves are heavily covered with a scuff of silver trichomes. Tillandsia mitlaensis has succulent white leaves that are secund (curve toward one side) which can give the effect of the plant flowing from its mounting
Flowers: The inflorescence is large and a bright contrast to the leaves. The purple flowers are produced from a soft pink inflorescence.
Seed:
Pups:
Cultivation: Full Sun to partial shade. Drought-tolerant; suitable for xeriscaping
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: The Epiphytic plant is not common unless collected from nature.
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