The seasons have definitely changed and we are into winter now. Here on the KZN coast this means short but beautifully sunny, warm and dry days with cooler nights. This sunshine seems to be encouraging lots of plants to blush and bloom; including the ionanthas, bulbosa gigante and brachycaulos shown...
Red or Green?
Customers will often request a red leaved tillandsia and are uncertain when I offer them a green one with the promise that it will change. The red or purple colour present in the leaves of many Tillandsias is caused by a pigment called anthocyanin. Anthocyanins play an important role in...
I have bought my Tillandsias – now what?
Tillandsias are brilliantly versatile but sometimes it can be daunting deciding what to do with your new plants. In nature many Tillandsias grow on trees or across rocks, they use their roots as anchors but don’t take in nutrients from them which means that they can be diaplayed and mounted...