Anwyl Bromeliads  Airplant Portraits Card Set 1   

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     Tillandsia Anwyl Ecstasy #25 is a hybrid made at our nursery in November 1993, between Tillandsia mitlaensis and Tillandsia seleriana. The first flowering, captured here, was in March 2005. Photo by Andrew Flower

    Tillandsia lindenii grows on trees quite high up (2000 meters) in the Andes mountains. First grown commercially in Europe in the late 1800's, there was considerable argument between the botanists Regel and Morren as to its "true" identity. It is now accepted thatthere is a form with a short flower stem that lives in Ecuador, and a larger flowered form in Peru. Photo by Andrew Flower.

    Tillandsia ionantha is one of the most popular airplants, being small and highly colored. There are a large number of forms growing on rocks and deciduous trees from Mexico down to Nicaragua, at a wide range of altitudes between sea level and 2000 meters. The plant shown here is a small Mexican form only about 5cm high in flower. Photo by Andrew Flower.

    Tillandsia xiphioides grows in the Andean high deserts of Bolivia, Argentina and Uruguay. It is usually found on huge cacti. The plant has strongly spice-scented flowers, and is used by humans in Bolivia, Uruguay and northern Argentina as a cure for chest pain. It grows high up, nearly 4,000 meters, and is acclimatised to very cold nights. Photo by Andrew Flower.

    Tillandsia stricta is widespread, very popular in cultivation. Populations come from Trinidad, Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, Brazil and Argentina, in a wide variety of conditions. Forms from Argentina and Brazil are more suited to temperate climates. In Brazil this plant has been used to make diuretic medicine that also has an antiblennorrhagic effect. Photo by Andrew Flower.

    Tillandsia duratii has a wide distribution, found in Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil, Parguay and Uruguay.  It grows on rocks, trees and small shrubs in cool, dry conditions in the Andes. The strongly curling leaf tips are used to wind around thin branches and support the plant. Photo by Andrew Flower

    Despite its rather dainty appearance, Tillandsia fuchsii forma gracilis is quite hardy in cooler climates. This form grows in Mexico and Guatemala, with the typical population being found in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, between the towns of Oaxaca and Tehuantepec. For many years this plant has been mistakenly named "Tillandsia argentea" in the nursery trade. Photo by Andrew Flower.

    This plant grows around both sides of the border between Mexico and Guatemala. The plant had many different names before it was definitively described as Tillandsia velutina by Renate Ehlers in 1994. Her name refers to the velvety leaves.  Photo by Andrew Flower.

    Tillandsia scaposa was named in 1999 by Renate Ehlers.  Before that it was thought to be a form of Tillandsia ionantha, to which it is closely related. Originally found in Sacatepequez, Guatemala, in 1938, it is widespread through Mexico, Guatemala, San Salvador and Honduras. Usually grows in moist cloud forests on ok and pine trees. Photo by Andrew Flower.

    Tillandsia pruinosa is a small , bulbous plant with a wide distribution from Florida through Central America and down to Venezuela, Brazil and Argentina. Usually growing on shrubs and forest trees, it inhabits very dry regions as well as moist cloud forests. It is not a true bulb, rather its leaves take on a bulbous shape probably to harbour ants or other small insects. Photo by Andrew Flower.