True vivipary- where an embryo develops within the fruit and grows to a size before dispersal, such as mangrove, occasionally tomatoes. Pseudovivipary- plants produce plantlets in the place of sexual reproductive structures. This is asexual reproduction. This is really the correct term for what Tillandsias do. For Tillandsias the term...
To Split or not to Split!
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...