Donate Now
and become
Forum Supporter.
Many perks!
<...more...>
|
02-22-2008, 05:47 PM
|
 |
Moderator
|
|
Join Date: May 2005
Zone: 7b
Location: Queens, NY, & Madison County NC, US
Age: 44
Posts: 19,374
|
|
My latest coolest bloom!
Some of you may know about my fondness for blue flowers, sooooo it will come to you as no surprise why I post this.
Tillandsia cynanea, a gift from Marco (member of Orchid Board).
__________________
"We must not look at goblin men,
We must not buy their fruits:
Who knows upon what soil they fed
Their hungry thirsty roots?"
Goblin Market
by Christina Georgina Rossetti
|
02-22-2008, 06:07 PM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2006
Zone: 5a
Posts: 9,277
|
|
Yep, love the Tillandsias. Have about 10 spp myself.
|
02-22-2008, 07:57 PM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2007
Zone: 7b
Location: Long Island, NY
Age: 63
Posts: 7,321
|
|
Very cool flower
Is this a Bromeliad?  |
02-22-2008, 07:59 PM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: SW Florida
Posts: 560
|
|
Very nice! I'm waiting for mine to bloom again.
Yes, Dorothy, it's a bromeliad.
|
02-22-2008, 08:10 PM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Sep 2006
Zone: 5a
Posts: 9,277
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Dorothy
Very cool flower
Is this a Bromeliad? |
It's sometimes called "pink quill" |
02-22-2008, 08:44 PM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Mar 2007
Zone: 6b
Location: Meridian, ID
Age: 46
Posts: 3,610
|
|
Oooh! I think I want one of those!
|
02-22-2008, 09:42 PM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2007
Zone: 10b
Location: South Florida
Posts: 3,667
|
|
Hi Tin, I have one of those. Mine has a spice scent, real nice! My Home Depot has them for $5.00
|
02-22-2008, 09:52 PM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Nov 2006
Zone: 9b
Location: Central Florida
Posts: 2,164
|
|
I have one growning underneath the bench in my greenhouse and it is quite large. I did not know that tillandsias grew so big. It seems to bloom at just about any time and all of the time. To me, it looks more like a bromeliad than a tillandsia.
|
02-22-2008, 10:02 PM
|
|
Senior Member
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2007
Zone: 4a
Location: Bailey, Colorado
Posts: 2,408
|
|
That is really exotic and beautiful!
I don't anything about them! How do you grow it so well?
|
02-25-2008, 09:58 AM
|
|
Moderator
|
|
Join Date: May 2005
Zone: 7b
Location: Queens, NY, & Madison County NC, US
Age: 44
Posts: 19,374
|
|
Hi everyone! Thanks for all your responses. This plant does indeed look more like prototypical Bromeliad than Tillandsias usually do. ITs about 8 inches tall and 7-9 inches radius. I grow it mounted on drift wood which is in turn mounted in my terrarium. I mist it heavily 4-6 times a week in the mornings, and the terrarium has a ventilation fan that dries it out by next morning.
__________________
"We must not look at goblin men,
We must not buy their fruits:
Who knows upon what soil they fed
Their hungry thirsty roots?"
Goblin Market
by Christina Georgina Rossetti
|
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -4. The time now is 08:11 PM.
|
Linear Mode
