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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 plumosa  

Tillandsia Prinosa

 





 

 

 


 

 

 





 

 

 

 

 






 



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Family: Bromeliad

Sub-Family: Tillandsioideae:

Genus: Tillandsia

Sub-Genus:

Native distribution:

Native distribution and habitat: T. plumosa is an epiphyte found growing in dense silver masses in the forests of Guerrero, Hidalgo, Michoacan, Morelos, Puebla, Oaxaca, Veracruz, southern Mexico, at altitudes of 1,300 - 2,600 m.

Growth habit: While the plant is small in size it forms an attractive globular rosette with leaves so festooned with white trichomes it appears to glisten in the sun. The growth habit is negative geotropic.

Foliage: The foliage is stiff and projects outwards from the centre of the plant like rays of light from a star. The fine thread-like leaves are covered with hair like trichomes that are set off from the leaf axis at right angles.

Flowers: A scape projects out from the centre of the plant and above the leaves. The few flowers (1-3) are violet fading to a green as the petals dry.

Seed:

Pups:

Cultivation: Like many xeric Tillandsias the plant should be regularly misted but allowed to completely dry in summer and with-hold water in colder months. Allowing the stem of the plant to sit horizontally or slightly down discourages water to collect in the centre of the plant.

Availability: A rare plant.