Tillandsia leiboldiana and Tillandsia dyeriana
Verfasst: Dienstag, 23 September 2008, 18:34
Dear friends:
I am a beginner in the bromeliad world, and grow them outdoors for just a couple of years. In general terms, I have no serious health and cultivation problems with my little collection, except for two species I have lost recently. These are T. dyeriana and T. leiboldiana. Both had a rotting problem at the base, and finally died.
Rather than a fungal disease (probably a "collateral effect"), I imagine that the origin of the problem could be the quality of the substrate. But not sure about this and if they really need more air circulation in their roots than other bromeliads.
At some point, when I realised that dyeriana had stopped its growth, I changed it quickly to a rather loose sustrate, but didn´t work. Don´t know if it was too late (and the fungus was there "to stay"), or just I´m doing it completly wrong. Has anybody got cultivation expiriences with these two species and can help me? Have both got similar cultivation requirements?
Thanks so much.
I am a beginner in the bromeliad world, and grow them outdoors for just a couple of years. In general terms, I have no serious health and cultivation problems with my little collection, except for two species I have lost recently. These are T. dyeriana and T. leiboldiana. Both had a rotting problem at the base, and finally died.
Rather than a fungal disease (probably a "collateral effect"), I imagine that the origin of the problem could be the quality of the substrate. But not sure about this and if they really need more air circulation in their roots than other bromeliads.
At some point, when I realised that dyeriana had stopped its growth, I changed it quickly to a rather loose sustrate, but didn´t work. Don´t know if it was too late (and the fungus was there "to stay"), or just I´m doing it completly wrong. Has anybody got cultivation expiriences with these two species and can help me? Have both got similar cultivation requirements?
Thanks so much.