Tillandsia bartramii air plants is native to Florida, South Carolina and southern Georgia in the United States as well as Guatemala and Mexico (Tamaulipas, Oaxaca, Guerrero, Jalisco, San Luis PotosÃ) at altitudes close to sea level.
Tillandsia bartramii air plants, also called as Bartram's Air Plant, Tillandsia pinifolia, Tillandsia myriophylla, is a species of the genus Tillandsia. This species was described by Stephen Elliott in 1817.
IDENTIFY TILLANDSIA BARTRAMII AIR PLANT
Tillandsia bartramii air plants is native to Florida, South Carolina and southern Georgia in the United States as well as Guatemala and Mexico (Tamaulipas, Oaxaca, Guerrero, Jalisco, San Luis PotosÃ) at altitudes close to sea level.
It is a small epiphyte (up to 25 cm) with very short stem that has 15-30, 15-40 x 0.2-0.5 cm, gray, thin, leathery leaves.
Bartram's Air Plant blooms from the 8–15 cm long inflorescence and have 5-20 flowers. The bracts of the flowering stem are scaly, sometimes reddish, imbricate and filiform. The primary bracts resemble the bracts of the flowering stem, with a long limb. The floral bracts are scaly, reddish, leathery and imbricate. The flowers are almost sessile, tubular, 3 cm long. The color of the petals varies from dark purple to pale purple.
TILLANDSIA BARTRAMII 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 bartramii air plants requires good light, avoiding full sun in the summer afternoon. Place the plant near a window indoors in the winter and preferably outside the summer in a very bright situation.
Temperature:
The required temperature ranging from 10 to 32°C. Get it early in the fall if you grow it outside, so that it does not face night temperatures below 7 or 8 ° C, especially if it is wet. It is a rather chilly species.
Humidity:
Good aeration is required, the plant must dry quickly (in less than an hour). This beautiful little species is cultivated with a lot of light and aeration.
Substrate, growing media and repotting:
Tillandsia bartramii 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:
Do not over spray it indoors in winter (maximum once a week). Twice 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. Watch for the thin ends of the leaves, they dry quickly in case of lack of water.
Fertilizer:
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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