Tillandsia ariza-juliae air plants is native to Central America, especially Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. This plant is often confused by neophytes with Tillandsia seleriana.
Tillandsia ariza-juliae, also called as The Wand Air Plant, is a species of the genus Tillandsia. This species was described by Lyman Bradford Smith & Oton Jiménez in 1959.
IDENTIFY TILLANDSIA ARIZA-JULIAE AIR PLANT
Tillandsia ariza-juliae air plants is native to Central America, especially Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. This plant is often confused by neophytes with Tillandsia seleriana.
It is a small to medium epiphyte (rarely exceeds 20 cm) with very short stem that has dark-green, simple leaves in rosettes. The leaves are linear and sessile with entire margins and parallel venation.
The Wand Air Plant blooms from the short, usually simple, rarely branched inflorescence. The flowers are almost sessile, tubular, 2 to 3 cm long, purple.
TILLANDSIA ARIZA-JULIAE AIR PLANT CARE AND CULTURE
Cultural information should only be used as a guide, and should be to be adapted to suit you. Your physical location; where you grow your plants, how much time you have to devote to their care, and many other factors, will need to be taken into account. Only then can you decide on the cultural methods that best suit you and your plants.
Light:
Tillandsia ariza-juliae air plants requires good brightness with partial shade because some burns on the leaves when suffered the direct sun.
Temperature:
The required temperature ranging from 10 to 32°C. Get it early enough in the fall if you grow it outdoors, so that it does not face night temperatures below 5 ° C, especially if it is wet. The plants can faced temperatures close to 0 ° C (sheltered and dry) for a few hours without damage.
Humidity:
Good aeration is required, the plant must dry quickly (in less than an hour).
Substrate, growing media and repotting:
Tillandsia ariza-juliae air plants refer to be mounted on a solid substrate that does not retain water. You can glue the plant directly to the surface with a strong adhesive, or you can wire the plant to the base. Don't cover the base of the plant with moss or it may rot. It can be grown on almost any imaginable decorative mount, including shells, rocks, slate, driftwood, etc. Group them in decorative clumps for maximum effect.
Watering:
2 to 3 times a week in summer, once a week in winter according to the luminosity and the ambient humidity. Obviously when it rains and if you grow it outside, it counts as a watering. Like all species with a bulbous appearance, it will prefer to be grown in an inclined position, to limit the problems of stagnant water at the base of the leaves. If you prefer to cultivate your head up, turn it over for a few seconds to drain the excess water after each watering.
Fertilizer:
Fertilizing is not absolutely necessary to survival, but will increase the growth and vigor of your plants and their blooms. This air plant can be fertilized with the moderate doses. 1 to 2 times a month in the summer and 1 time a month in the winter.
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