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Mystery Tillandsia bloom

BS Man about Palms

By BS Man about Palms
in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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BS Man about Palms Grand Master

BS Man about Palms

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I picked this up a while back and posted apic of it. I am not sure if I read Gonzers comment right that it was a " T. straminea "... But it is big and white

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Based on general descriptions from Gonz, I hung it and basically never water it.

Well it threw out a bloom recently... Does this determine the species for sure Greg?

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Zone 10a at best after 2007 AND 2013, on SW facing hill, 1 1/2 miles from coast in Oceanside, CA. 30-98 degrees, and 45-80deg. about 95% of the time.

"The great workman of nature is time."   ,  "Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience."

-George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon-

I do some experiments and learning in my garden with palms so you don't have to experience the pain! Look at my old threads to find various observations and tips!

Kim Grand Master

Kim

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Sniff it, does it smell kind of like baby powder? :) That's T. straminea for sure. Niiiice! :)

Kim Cyr

Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
All characters  in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

Gonzer Grand Master

Gonzer

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Sniff it, does it smell kind of like baby powder? :) That's T. straminea for sure. Niiiice! :)

Bill, Kim's answer says it all. Next time yer over I'll show ya some of it's look-alikes (flower wise).

 

 

bgl Grand Master

bgl

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Bill,

That's pretty spectacular! One more bromeliad to look for! :)

Bo-Göran

Leilani Estates, 25 mls/40 km south of Hilo, Big Island of Hawai'i. Elevation 880 ft/270 m. Average rainfall 140 inches/3550 mm

 

BS Man about Palms Grand Master

BS Man about Palms

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Bo, thats a Tillandsia. Not a bromeliad. That puppy is hanging in midair from my Jubea. :)

(Although there is a purple Brom or two in the background!)

Zone 10a at best after 2007 AND 2013, on SW facing hill, 1 1/2 miles from coast in Oceanside, CA. 30-98 degrees, and 45-80deg. about 95% of the time.

"The great workman of nature is time."   ,  "Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience."

-George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon-

I do some experiments and learning in my garden with palms so you don't have to experience the pain! Look at my old threads to find various observations and tips!

Rusty on Pine Is. Mentor

Rusty on Pine Is.

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Bo, thats a Tillandsia. Not a bromeliad. That puppy is hanging in midair from my Jubea. :)

(Although there is a purple Brom or two in the background!)

Sorry Bill, but Tillansias are bromeliads.....

Out of the 58 genera of bromeliads, Tillandsia is a pretty large group...well over 500 or so species.

You have a pretty one there, BTW. :)

Rusty

Rusty Bell

Pine Island - the Ex-Pat part of Lee County, Fl , USA

Zone 10b, life in the subs!...except when it isn't....

Gonzer Grand Master

Gonzer

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Bo, thats a Tillandsia. Not a bromeliad. That puppy is hanging in midair from my Jubea. :)

(Although there is a purple Brom or two in the background!)

Sorry Bill, but Tillansias are bromeliads.....

Out of the 58 genera of bromeliads, Tillandsia is a pretty large group...well over 500 or so species.

Rusty

Yeah, you tell him Rusty! Damn tinhorns! ...and it's over 700 species and counting.

 

 

BS Man about Palms Grand Master

BS Man about Palms

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WELL! Color me embarrassed! :blush:

Sorry Bo! :)

Zone 10a at best after 2007 AND 2013, on SW facing hill, 1 1/2 miles from coast in Oceanside, CA. 30-98 degrees, and 45-80deg. about 95% of the time.

"The great workman of nature is time."   ,  "Genius is nothing but a great aptitude for patience."

-George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon-

I do some experiments and learning in my garden with palms so you don't have to experience the pain! Look at my old threads to find various observations and tips!

Gonzer Grand Master

Gonzer

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Ok William, no need for self flagellation. Here's a snappy of what one of the seed pods looks like, VERY long for Tillandsias. Next are some straminea seedlings from April of '10. After that just a couple of cool bloomers.

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bgl Grand Master

bgl

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Bill,

Definitely not a problem! :) Now, if you were to insist that a Dypsis is not a palm, THAT's when I would begin to get concerned! :lol:

Bo-Göran

Leilani Estates, 25 mls/40 km south of Hilo, Big Island of Hawai'i. Elevation 880 ft/270 m. Average rainfall 140 inches/3550 mm

 

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