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...
Making babies!
One of the marvellous attributes of Tillandsias is that they reproduce vegetatively by making pups or offsets. This means that you can have more plants to seperate and gow on elsewhere or form beautiful clumps. It is interesting that not all Tillandsias offset in the same way. Most Tillandsias are...