Tillandsia hondurensis is native to Central America, and more particularly to Honduras (hence its name). It is found up to 1800 meters above sea level. This species is very similar to Tillandsia harrisii.
Tillandsia hondurensis is a species of the genus Tillandsia. This species was described by Werner Rauh in 1981.
IDENTIFY TILLANDSIA HONDURENSIS AIR PLANT
Tillandsia hondurensis is native to Central America, and more particularly to Honduras (hence its name). It is found up to 1800 meters above sea level. This species is very similar to Tillandsia harrisii.
It is a medium sized caulescent (up to 25 to 30 cm) saxicolous species and fairly fast growth with many, quite thick leaves forming a dense rosette. Gaines little marked, a little clearer than the limb. The leaves are a beautiful greenish-white.
This air plant bloom from the simple and globose inflorescence exceeding the plant by 15 cm, with few flowers (4 or 5). The floral bracts are longer than the sepals, green, with the pinkish apex. The non-fragrant flowers are tubular, 6 cm long, violets (more or less dark), with whitish base. The stamens and the pistil are exserts.
TILLANDSIA HONDURENSIS 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 hondurensis 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 moderate to high level of humidity. Good aeration is required, the plant must dry quickly (in less than an hour).
Substrate, growing media and repotting:
Tillandsia hondurensis 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. Group them in decorative clumps for maximum effect.
Watering:
Two or three times a week in summer, one or two times 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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