Tillandsia elizabethae is native to Mexico. It grows at low altitudes. This plant is rare in nature and is not widespread in collection.
Tillandsia elizabethae is a species of the genus Tillandsia. This species was described by Werner Rauh in 1979.
IDENTIFY TILLANDSIA ELIZABETHAE AIR PLANT
Tillandsia elizabethae is native to Mexico. It grows at low altitudes. This plant is rare in nature and is not widespread in collection.
It is a medium sized epiphyte(sometimes saxicolous) may exceed 40 cm, acaule (or very short stem) species with numerous, polystic, triangular leaves forming almost a rosette. Sheaths barely discernible, in the prolongation of the limb (triangular). The leaves are greyish light green.
This air plant bloom from the inflorescence composed of man years. The bracts of the flowering stem, nested, resemble leaves. The floral bracts are imbricate, pinkish and covered with scales. The non-fragrant flowers are tubular, 3 cm long, purple-pink color. The stamens are exserted.
TILLANDSIA ELIZABETHAE 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 elizabethae requires good light without direct sunlight. Place the plant very close to a window in the winter, preferably outside in partial shade in summer.
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 high level of humidity. Good aeration is required, the plant must dry quickly (in less than an hour).
Substrate, growing media and repotting:
Tillandsia elizabethae 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.
Watering:
Three times a week in summer, once or twice 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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