Tillandsia diaguitensis is not widespread in cultivation, and is native to Paraguay and northern Argentina. It grows on exposed rock or epiphytically in scrubby thorn bush, almost always forming large clusters.
Tillandsia diaguitensis is a species of the genus Tillandsia. This species was described by Alberto Castellanos in 1929.
IDENTIFY TILLANDSIA DIAGUITENSIS AIR PLANT
Tillandsia diaguitensis is not widespread in cultivation, and is native to Paraguay and northern Argentina. It grows on exposed rock or epiphytically in scrubby thorn bush, almost always forming large clusters.
It is an epiphyte clearly caulescent, which can branch out before even blooming which can exceed 50 cm long with upright or curved leaves sometimes slightly sinuous, arranged helically around the stem. The sleeves clearly surround the stem. The limbs have a gutter shape.
This air plant bloom from the simple, straight raceme, glabrous inflorescence with few flowers (5 on average), carried by a stem up to 25 cm. The bracts of the flowering stem are stuck to the stem and slightly yellowish. The floral bracts are leathery and pinkish. The non-fragrant flowers are on a short pedicel, quite small (less than 1 cm), not tubular, white (sometimes bluish), with petals finely toothed at the apex.
TILLANDSIA DIAGUITENSIS 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 diaguitensis requires a good light and tolerates full sun (avoid the afternoon in summer if the plant is young or has not been used). Place the plant very close to a window indoors in the winter and preferably outside the summer in a sunny situation.
Temperature:
The required temperature ranging from 10 to 32°C. Get it early enough in the fall if you grow it outside, so that it does not face night temperatures below 4 or 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:
This air plant need the moderate level of humidity .Good aeration is required, the plant must dry quickly (in less than an hour).
Substrate, growing media and repotting:
Tillandsia diaguitensis can be grow suspended or 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.
Watering:
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.
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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