Family: Bromeliad
Sub-Family: Tillandsioideae:
Genus: Tillandsia
Sub-Genus: Diaphoranthema
Native distribution: This species is native to Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay
Habit: As the leaves of each new pup curve over the larger plants, this small plant creates elegant clumps.
Foliage: Tillandsia myosura has very thick, curving succulent leaves that are stiff and curved
Flowers: Produces a simple spike with small light yellow flowers.
Seed:
Pups:
Cultivation: Moderaste wating and bright light
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 plant is not always available.
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