Tillandsia paucifolia?

[Mandrew968]

I have a question: I purchased this plant as Tillandsia paucifolia. Is this paucifolia?..

[Mandrew968]

I ask because Tillandsia paucifolia is a native, but they don't look like that one I purchased... These are some of the locals that I repatriated into the garden, on our Copernicia baileyana trunk. There are four in the picture. Am I looking at variation among the species or am I looking at two different species?

[Gonzer]

It's T. paucifolia Andrew. It is a variable species found in a least a dozen countries. A Mexican form I have is quite different from the Florida form. No worries.

[SubTropicRay]

The most amazing clumps I've seen are in the cypress trees of Everglades National Park.  Their bulbous shape is unmistakable.

[Mandrew968]

This is another native that you don't see very often, Tillandsia flexuosa. I have a few placed all over the garden.

[Mandrew968]

And another native to Florida, Tillandsia setacea. I got these off the ground in Arcadia when the family and I went camping.

[Mandrew968]

And who doesn't have Tillandsia recurvata starting all over the place...

[Mandrew968]

Tillandsia utriculata var. pringlei. I am not an expert, but I gather this differs from the regular utriculata by being much smaller and clustering. We have both variations.

[Mandrew968]

I was given this one by someone who seemed to know a lot more about Tillandsia than I do. He told me to hang it in our native section. Does anyone know the species? Maybe a robust form of bartramii?..

[SubTropicRay]

Good ID's on all.  Harry Luther's book is my bible.  T. flexuosa is one that I do not have in Florida collection. I'd like to get one of those and the very elusive and cold tender T. pruinosa.  I was able to acquire a nice T. simulata last month.

[Mandrew968]

3 hours ago, SubTropicRay said:

Good ID's on all.  Harry Luther's book is my bible.  T. flexuosa is one that I do not have in Florida collection. I'd like to get one of those and the very elusive and cold tender T. pruinosa.  I was able to acquire a nice T. simulata last month.

Thanks on the tip with the book and also good to know you are into Tillandsia! I consider them palm jewelry 

I am still on the hunt for the last two... will prolly have to buy them!

[Mandrew968]

I got this guy a while back and hung it in the Calabash tree. Can someone help me with an ID?

[Mandrew968]

These are some small balbisiana, that fell out of an oak, locally. Me and my boys love collecting them like easter eggs and I place them up in the trees at work.

[Mandrew968]

Here is a Cypress with funckiana and balbisiana above it, just past flower.

[Mandrew968]

This is from a past steward of this garden--A clump of something X scheidiana in the red mangrove.

[Mandrew968]

And this one I still need help with. I was told on palmtalk that it was a simple fasciculata but it is not. The leaves are brittle and styrofoamy like harrisii, and I have never seen a fasciculata turn red like these. Any guesses? I figured it was a cross of something...

[Mandrew968]

And my favorite in the garden, duratii.