SPECTACULAR TILLANDSIAS

Can you imagine plants flourishing in the desert, sending arching sprays of fragrant flowers over their leaves, not rooted in the desert sand but perched on top of cactus? Or lovely white fuzzy grass-like plants growing happily on rock under the hot Peruvian sun, in locations where it seldom rains? These are typical members of one of the most fascinating plant groups - the Tillandsia family.

Native to the southern US and Latin America, Tillandsias are true air plants. They can nourish themselves totally - imbibing rain and dew and whatever nutrients the air brings to them - through their leaf tissues. Their roots are primarily used to attach themselves to a surface, a tree branch, a cactus or a rock. (SEMBS)

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	Descriptive notes for each plant: Cu: Culture - Ha: Habitat Disc: Year discovered

Tillandsia capitata var. Rubra	Tillandsia tricholepsis	Till. ionantha var. vanhyningii

Racinaea (Tillandsia) crispa (difficult to cultivate)	Tillandsia cyanea	Tillandsia cyanea - inflorescence

Tillandsia stricta	Tillandsia dyeriana	Tillandsia deppeana

Tillandsia ionantha	Tillandsia brachycaulus	Tillandsia brachycaulus

Tillandsia tenufolia	Tillandsia cacticola - inflorescence	Tillandsia cacticola

Racinaea crispa	Tillandsia ionantha 'Rubra'	Tillandsia textorum

Tillandsia schatzlii	Tillandsia filifolia	Tillandsia funckiana

Tillandsia contorta	Tillandsia baileyi (Texas)	Tillandsia caput medusae

Tillandsia lindenii	Racinaea crispa	Tillandsia fasciculata

Tillandsia flabellata	Tillandsia textorum	Tillandsia concolor

Tillandsia fuchsii	Tillandsia capitata mounted on cedar	Tillandsia ionantha

Tillandsia stricta	Tillandsia xerographica - flower	Tillandsia concolor

Tillandsia xiphioides	Tillandsia butzii	Tillandsisa crocata
sunny - Bolivia - 1816	Central America - 1935	Brazil - 1816 - fragrant

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