Family: Bromeliad
Sub-Family: Tillandsioideae
Genus: Tillandsia
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Native distribution: N/A Hybrid
Seed parent: T. xerographica
Pollen Parent: T. capitata peach
Habit: The plant grows into a very large plant over a meter across with a stunning rosette where the outer leaves curve downward below the base of the plant.
Foliage: The leaves are soft and covered with a dusting of white trichomes which blush peach pink - this gives affords the plant very attractive foliage
Flowers: The plant form a very thick inflorescence that rises well above the leaf crown and is capped with red pink bracts from which a series of purple flowers emerge.
Seed:
Pups:
Cultivation: The plant needs some attention, make sure it faces east to gather the morning sun but misses the direct midday sun and mist regularly.
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: T. Xerographica x Capitata peach is a is a beautiful but rare Tillandsia
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