Tillandsia harrisii is native to Central America, especially Guatemala. It is found at an altitude between 0 and 500 meters above sea level.
Tillandsia harrisii is a species of the genus Tillandsia. This species was described by Renate Ehlers in 1987.
IDENTIFY TILLANDSIA HARRISII AIR PLANT
Tillandsia harrisii is native to Central America, especially Guatemala. It is found at an altitude between 0 and 500 meters above sea level.
It is a caulescent with medium stem (up to 40 to 50 cm) and fast growing saxicolous species with many, quite thick leaves forming a dense rosette. The limbs are triangular and slightly curved. The leaves are a beautiful greenish-white.
This air plant bloom from the simple and globose inflorescence exceeding the plant by 15 cm, with up to ten flowers. The floral bracts are longer than the sepals, red and almost hairless. The non-fragrant flowers are tubular, 6 cm long, violets (more or less dark). The stamens and the pistil are exserts.
TILLANDSIA HARRISII 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 harrisii requires good light and enjoys 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 low to moderate level of humidity. Good aeration is required, the plant must dry quickly (in less than an hour).
Substrate, growing media and repotting:
Tillandsia harrisii can 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:
Two or 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.
Hello,
ReplyDeleteThis is my first Tillandsia. Thank tou so much for the article.
I have a doubt: how i water my Tillandsia? She is suspended, outside the house because is summer, it doesn't receive rain. She doesn't have roots.
Thank you so much,
Ana