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A catalogue of Bromeliads used for various projects by - Lloyd Godman

This is a catalogue of bromeliads used by Lloyd godman for his various installations and photosynthesis projects - the collection of pants he accessed in New Zealand from 1996 - 2004 was collected from a wide range of sources, while most were brought from Greens Bromeliads, some were also donated by the Dunedin Botanical Gardens. Later in 2004 these plants were either sold or given away with his move to Australia.

Lloyd is at present re-establishing his collection where he now lives in Melbourne.

A Lexicon of Bromeliads: A resource by Lloyd Godman

Genus - Tillandsia: Sub-Family - Tillandsioideae: Family - Bromeliad

Tillandsias are regarded as true air plants and as such are among the most unusual of the Bromeliad family. They range from bulbous forms and grass like structures to silver tufted masses. Typically they grow where there is free air movement like high treetop environments or across open rock faces, and often they are heavily covered in silver trichomes that help reflect the high levels of sun light they receive in these locations. While some tolerate temperatures as low as 5 degrees C (40 degrees F), or even lower, most prefer temperatures of around 10-32 degrees C (50-32 degrees F). While they require high levels of humidity, they need to dry out quickly and completely between misting or watering. As the trichome scales open to absorb moisture and close to retain it, it is important that the plants are given time to dry out and most plant deaths occur because of over watering.

Tillandsimania - is an interactive PDF and a work in progress which is updated annually for more information - Tillandsia – air plant E book

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Tillandsia usneoides

 

Tillandsia usneoides- commonly called old mans beard

Tillandsia usneoides- commonly called old mans beard

flower of Tillandsia usneoides, lloyd Godman



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Family: Bromeliad

Sub-Family: Tillandsioideae

Genus: Tillandsia

Sub-Genus:

Native distribution: Tillandsia usneoides is the most widely distributed of all the Bromeliads, ranging from Virginia south to Argentina and Chile at altitudes from sea level to 8,000 feet.

Habit: This adaptable species consists of slender, greatly elongated stems,  at intervals bearing numerous short, thin leaves, 1 to 2 inches long that like the stems are covered with silvery scales. The plant just continues grow and expanding with these threadlike strands which may measure up to 30 meters  in length. This almost rootless epiphyte hangs in large festoons, often creating dense masses, hanging from trees, over dry cliffs and rocky hill sides. Because of this it is often known as "Spanish Moss" and has become one of the natural features of the southern part of the United States hanging like Eire disintegrating curtains from trees.

Foliage: The foliage is heavily covered with tichomes and indistinguishable from the stems giving the appearance of a tangled fishing line.

Flowers:  The plant has tiny, fragrant yellow green flowers (especially at night), which appear singly on a very short stalk in the axils of the leaves with the tiniest petals that are chartreuse.

Seed:

Pups: The plant is continually dividing

Cultivation: While it is an adapatable plant it does like being outside and in a situation where the air can move through the filiments. Pieces often break of and can be found growning in the strangest places.

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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