Tillandsia blooms in Winter
Mar 4, 2018 19:20:51 #
This tillandsia (aka "air plant") blooms in February and March...
The colors really are that intense - no pp was done except to crop.
The colors really are that intense - no pp was done except to crop.
Mar 4, 2018 19:31:56 #
Mar 4, 2018 19:41:54 #
Beautiful bloom and color... I've never seen or heard of this either!!
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing!
Mar 4, 2018 20:06:07 #
Mar 4, 2018 22:28:26 #
Beautiful, Irene! We have several varieties here in Florida including Spanish Moss.
Mar 5, 2018 01:11:57 #
Mar 5, 2018 03:23:36 #
Mar 5, 2018 10:10:51 #
dancers wrote:
stunning! I have not heard of this beauty.
Thank you for the kind words.
Tillandsias are in the Bromeliad family. Most don't need soil to grow; they typically grow in trees (but don't harm the tree).
Mar 5, 2018 10:11:26 #
angela k wrote:
Beautiful bloom and color... I've never seen or heard of this either!!
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for looking and commenting.
Mar 5, 2018 10:12:06 #
Mar 5, 2018 10:14:47 #
Cwilson341 wrote:
Beautiful, Irene! We have several varieties here in Florida including Spanish Moss.
Thank you for checking in and commenting.
I've seen photos of Spanish Moss growing "wild" on the trees in Florida.
It doesn't do that here in San Diego, although I do have some growing in a tree :-)
Mar 5, 2018 11:26:18 #
patrick43 wrote:
These look great. Do they bloom all summer?
Thank you for commenting.
This species will bloom for many months but usually stops spiking by early-summer. Each spike and bloom lasts a few months or longer!
Tillandsias are interesting plants in that once a plant has bloomed, it will not bloom again from that particular plant.
Instead, new offsets (pups) will grow from the mother-plant and each of those will flower, and so-on.
Below is a plant that is spiking, but has yet to open.
Mar 5, 2018 11:27:10 #
Leicaflex wrote:
Good detail in the download.
Well taken.
Well taken.
Hi - thanks for the compliment. Always nice to get a thumb-up
Mar 5, 2018 19:23:49 #
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