Family: Bromeliad
Sub-Family: Tillandsioideae:
Genus: Tillandsia
Sub-Genus:
Native distribution: Tillandsia cyanea is from the forests of Ecuador, where it grows on tops of trees or shrubs that receive direct sun and high temperatures usually at altitudes of 1,000 to 3,500 feet.
Habit: From forty to sixty thin, glasslike leaves, up to 300cm long, comes the inflorescence and because of its compact form and brilliant, long lasting inflorescence it is considered one of the most desirable members of the genus for cultivation. The leaves are vertically striped with brown on the back toward the base and form a graceful grass like rosette.. The inflorescence is a shaped and structured like a fan being comparatively thin but about 4 to 6 inches wide, and is of the brightest pink rose colour.
Foliage:
Flowers: From the edge of the inflorescence the large, brilliant blue flowers emerge singly or in pairs. This species is similar to T.Lindenii (which it was once called), but the spike is shorter, and the inflorescence is larger and more brilliant.
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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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