Family: Bromeliad
Sub-Family: Tillandsioideae
Genus: Tillandsia
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Native distribution: Tillandsia plagiotropica is native of Guatemala and San Salvador.
Habit: It can be found in foggy forests at the edge of lakes.
Foliage: The floiage is thick, succulent like and silvery withtrichomes. The many leaves are relatively sharp at the ends
Flowers: T. plagiotropiuca produces creamy white flowers which sit deep in ther centre of the plant
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Cultivation: Prefers cool temperatures and well ventilated places. Prevent the plant from direct sun in summer, especially during warm hours. In winter, find a luminous place and keep dryer.
Can live in a wide range of temperature, from 5°C to 25°C.
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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