Tillandsia cyanea - How's that for a name?
Aug 4, 2018 16:20:04 #
merrytexan wrote:
I love shot no 1 carol...what a beautiful colorful little plant with a great big name! 
Thank you, Merry. It is still in the very small nursery pot but I’m going to repot it in a bigger pot. I’ve learned that they will multiply and I want to end up with a pot full of them!
Aug 4, 2018 17:09:43 #
Wow, really unique flower. Thanks for showing us. Great job too and the photos.
Aug 4, 2018 17:18:59 #
James56 wrote:
Wow, really unique flower. Thanks for showing us. Great job too and the photos.
Thank you, James! I've decided the plant is a keeper!
Aug 5, 2018 04:18:46 #
Aug 5, 2018 07:00:33 #
Cwilson341 wrote:
Tillandsia cyanea is in the bromeliad family and is native to the rainforests of Ecuador. It is also know as the Pink Quill plant. I love the colors and the neat growth pattern of this little air plant. It is only a few inches high but it creates a bright spot wherever it is placed. The pink bract last for several months with the blue/purple flowers opening periodically but only lasting a couple of days. The bracts are relatively flat as you can see in the close up shot.
Carol, great looking flower and your photos are fantastic along with the dialogue.
Where did you get them and I see they are in a planter, best way to keep them?
Greg
Aug 5, 2018 07:22:41 #
Cwilson341 wrote:
Tillandsia cyanea is in the bromeliad family and is native to the rainforests of Ecuador. It is also know as the Pink Quill plant. I love the colors and the neat growth pattern of this little air plant. It is only a few inches high but it creates a bright spot wherever it is placed. The pink bract last for several months with the blue/purple flowers opening periodically but only lasting a couple of days. The bracts are relatively flat as you can see in the close up shot.
Very pretty Carol.
Aug 5, 2018 08:13:25 #
Snap Shot wrote:
I've never seen one like that before Carol! WOW!
It is pretty, isn’t it, Bill! I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Aug 5, 2018 08:19:51 #
CLF wrote:
Carol, great looking flower and your photos are fantastic along with the dialogue.
Where did you get them and I see they are in a planter, best way to keep them?
Greg
Where did you get them and I see they are in a planter, best way to keep them?
Greg
Thank you, Greg! I got this one at Home Depot. I imagine they only have them when they are in bloom. It is still in the small nursery pot and I put that in the clay pot. I am going to repot in a larger pot. It is my understanding that they multiply and there is a small one starting to grow beside the original. The plant is only about 6 inches tall.
Aug 5, 2018 08:20:23 #
photophile wrote:
Very pretty Carol.
Thank you, Karin. I’m glad you enjoyed it.😊
Aug 5, 2018 10:38:31 #
Two of my daughter's very favorite colors. I may have to order one of these for her. Nice captures, all of them.
Aug 5, 2018 13:20:37 #
Bob Yankle wrote:
Two of my daughter's very favorite colors. I may have to order one of these for her. Nice captures, all of them.
Thank you, Bob. It kind of an unique plant in both the combination of colors and the unusual form.
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