One of the many fabulous things about Tillandsias is that they produce pups, baby plants that offset from the mother, often after flowering, that increase in size rapidly compared to seedlings. After flowering the parent plant will gradually dis back and the pups will take over, some plants only produce...
Fine and Fragrant
In January and February these delicate plants with fragrant flowers start to bloom to great effect. The new word for the week is melittophilous- pollinated by moths and/or butterflies which these frangrant Tillandsias are. Tillandsia mallemontii has thin delicate leaves and stems with dense silvery trichomes. It can form dense...
Has my plant got sunburn?
There are some gorgeous red colours appearing in the nursery from T brachycaulos and ionantha. Why are these leaves changing from green to red and is it bad for the plant? The answer is a very clever process which helps to attract pollinators to the plant. The colour change occurs...