Spanish Moss, Old Man's Beard- Tillandsia usneoides. Lots of us have it hanging in trees in our gardens, without really understanding what it is and how versatile it can be. T. usneoides is part of the Diaphoranthema subgenus of Tillandsia. There are several forms of the plant, we sell 3...
What’s in a Name?
Be warned, this is a bit longer than usual posts but it is an important subject when you start to collect plants. People are often intimidated or put off by botanical names for plants but there are very good reasons to use the correct names. Taxonomy is the classification of...
Propogating Tillandsias
Today I wanted to wrtie a little on how Tillandsias are propagated. This is particularly important at this time as the majority of Tillandsias grown in SA are imported and when there are no flights there will be no new imported plants. Tillandsias can be propagated by seed or vegetatively....