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Thanks, but I get seed from the BSI seed fund - I have quite a few growing right now! As for the hardiness of Dyckia - some parts of Brazil get occasional frost, enough to kill coffee plants. Also, if any are highland plants this would also account for resistance to frost. I have noticed written aco...

Actually I wnt to know all the details, because different people have different methods! The most successful growers of Dyckia that I know grow them in a rich soil and give them plenty of water. As for temperature, here I let them get down to 3 or 4 degrees Centigrade with no harmful effects that I ...

I mount Tillandsia on either cork bark or on baldcypress (Taxodium) driftwood from the nearby swamps. To attach the plants I use a product called Liquid Nails, which is used for home repair. It seems nontoxic, I think it encourages root growth! When I saw Tillandsias in Florida (utriculata, fascicul...

Looks like Tillandsia 'Druid", a cultivar of T. ionantha.

Kenneth

There are quite a few small Neoregelias but I do not know if they are available in Europe. Neo. cyanea is a good choice. Others I know to be on the small side are pauciflora, 'Brandywine', 'Cheers', 'Dartanion', kauyskyi, 'Little Red', 'Little Rose', 'Mo Pepper Please', 'Pepper', olens, punctatissim...

I would like to hear from others about how they grow the xeric genera - Puya, Dyckia, Deuterocohnoia in particular.

Kenneth

This species is not as quick to pup nor as prolific as some others, but I usually get at least 2 pups within a year from the bloom. I always mount this and other pseudobulb Tillandsias in a sideways or even upside down position, they seem to prefer it. By the way, I am brand new here - Kenneth Quinn...