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von Ali Baba
Samstag, 22 August 2009, 20:54
Forum: Cultivation
Thema: Tillandsia tips getting dry
Antworten: 6
Zugriffe: 9964

Hi Mod I am currently growing aeranthos, a couple of forms of bergeri, latifolia, crocata, usneoides, tectorum, diaguitensis and ionantha. All of the first 5 have grown happily for a few years in a greenhouse kept at 3-4 C minimum in the winter. I know growers who keep the first 2 outdoors in the UK...
von Ali Baba
Freitag, 31 Juli 2009, 9:46
Forum: Off Topic
Thema: Hello to Everybody
Antworten: 4
Zugriffe: 5574

Hi Charles
have you tried the nurseries listed on this site:
[url]http://www.cactus-mall.com/nursery.html[url]

Succseed and Mesa Garden list some bromeliad seed. I have grown a few from them over the last year or so. Also Chiltern seeds occasionally offer bromeliad seed.

Cheers
Ali
von Ali Baba
Samstag, 9 Mai 2009, 9:53
Forum: Cultivation
Thema: Tillandsia stand - copper doubt and photos
Antworten: 8
Zugriffe: 9386

Hi Gonzer, no apology necessary, wire composition is difficult to guess at on a photo! :) However I'm not entirely sure you are correct...is florists wire really made from Lead? This would be extremely toxic to people and not very good for plants either. A quick search on the internet of wire suppli...
von Ali Baba
Mittwoch, 29 April 2009, 20:35
Forum: Cultivation
Thema: Tillandsia stand - copper doubt and photos
Antworten: 8
Zugriffe: 9386

That looks like galvanized steel wire to me: I use it to hang Tillandsias and I havent noticed any problems, however when the galvanized coating goes eventually, the wire underneath rusts which can cause sudden breakage. So like me you may occasionally find yourself hunting Tillandsias around the ga...
von Ali Baba
Donnerstag, 2 April 2009, 19:57
Forum: Identification
Thema: Tillandsia rescued
Antworten: 11
Zugriffe: 11128

You are right they do look different. It might be just natural variation within the species, however it could also just be cultivation difference (preceding your rescuing them) as I have noticed that the size of the flower spike on mine varies depending on the size of the leaf rosette at flowering t...
von Ali Baba
Mittwoch, 1 April 2009, 0:04
Forum: Identification
Thema: Tillandsia rescued
Antworten: 11
Zugriffe: 11128

They both look like T. aeranthos to me.
Here's a not very good picture of mine

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Ali
von Ali Baba
Samstag, 28 Februar 2009, 13:07
Forum: Cultivation
Thema: Tillandsia tips getting dry
Antworten: 6
Zugriffe: 9964

Tillandsias are CAM plants, so they open their stomata at night to allow uptake of CO2 at night which helps prevent water loss. If they are damp or wet at night they will not open their stomata and hence wont grow properly. I water or spray mine in the morning so that they have dried out by sunset. ...
von Ali Baba
Donnerstag, 29 Januar 2009, 19:22
Forum: Identification
Thema: Tillandsia rescued
Antworten: 11
Zugriffe: 11128

I will keep my eye out for your pictures!
:D
Ali
von Ali Baba
Samstag, 24 Januar 2009, 20:07
Forum: Identification
Thema: Tillandsia rescued
Antworten: 11
Zugriffe: 11128

Difficult to tell without flowers, but it looks like T. aeranthos.
Ali