Tillandsia Info Site?
 

Is there one?

Something on par with IOSPE?

Probably not as comprehensive as IOSPE...

Bromeliad Photo Index - Tillandsia

Bromeliads in Australia

How about this?

Tillandsia International Bromeliad Air Plants

Maybe I will finally be able to identify some of mine! Thanks!

Thanks for the links.

I have a growing number of species and treat them all the same since I can't find their natural environment info (like elevation, temps, rainfall). I'm obviously treating some incorrectly. I've looked them up but haven't found the info I'm looking for.

For ID descriptions, I mostly don't care except one, Tillandsia pedicellata. Multiple US vendors describe a yellow flower but other descriptions (and pics) say wine colored. I'd really like to get my hands on the wine colored one.

Anyway, got way spoiled on orchid info. In that sense, orchids are easier.

Info on Tillandsia's is not that hard to get for ID, water needs, flowering, how they reproduce.

But altitude and climate info with many of the tropical countries Tillandsia in particular is the area that there is very little info to be found on-line or from books available to me. And then there is the term cold climate!

1,500 miles from my sub-tropical location to the so called colder parts of Australia is a common location reference for a Tillandsia growing needs as a cold climate plant. But it is such a misleading description as we are colder here in summer and warmer here in winter. Their cold winters need a hot house to grow the very most of the Tillandsia family. The so called colder parts of Australia commonly get temps into the 40c + or 105f + but here in summer it is very rare for our temp to go over 32c or 90f. So who has a colder climate? How can I take this sort of info as having any credibility?

I’m not sure if the complete information you are looking for is available here but I’ve purchased Tillandsias several times from Plant Oddities. They have an extensive inventory with good growing information available. There is a lot of information on their website and they are really helpful with questions, quickly respond to emails. You might like to check them out.

As you mentioned, many Tillandsia growers describe/cultivate a form of T. pedicellata that produce yellow flowers. Jan Maruska describes a form of T. pedicellata "as the true one, with nice violet flowers" (origin: La Angostura, Salta, Argentina).Tillandsia pedicellata - the true one,... - World of Tillandsias | Facebook

I've been growing the yellow flower form for several years, but maybe it is not a true T. pedicellata? Might be a great question for the Tillandsia taxonomy specialists.

I've ordered from Plant Oddities with less than satisfactory results (one plant was dead and fell apart upon arrival and not the result of shipping). I might try them again, maybe. I don't see specific care info for specific species there.

I just tossed a T. seideliana and a streptocarpa, they didn't like being treated like a tenuifolia.

T. pedicellata is freaking cute! I have to remember where I put it, it's small enough to be overlooked! The foliage looks the same so I'd also like to know what the taxonomists say about the color difference.

info site
 

good culture information i find here.

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I've always been surprised so many people grow Tillandisas in terrariums. They have an enormous range, but nowhere do any grow in closed, highly humid areas. They are plants of air and sunshine.

The main difficulty in cultivation is that they are accustomed to heavy dew or rain most nights, and drying out in the sun the following day. The even environment in a house makes this difficult to replicate. They grow outdoors like weeds in areas with heavy nightly dew and daytime breezes. Constant mosture will rot them; insufficient moisture leads to them drying out. Some species have long, arid winters, when it is warm but there is no dew. So long as these dry out between watering they can be watered year-round. Others get dew almost every night.

As would be expected, the finer-leafed ones are more particular about adequate watering and not drying out. Tillandsia tectorum is in this group. Many people find it challenging to grow outside a cool coastal setting.

T. usneoides (Spanish moss) is more adapted to constant high humidity than most. I can understand growing that in a terrarium.

There is a group with large bulbous leaf bases and few white hairs, like T. bulbosa. They mostly come from very arid areas, and store some water in the bulbous bases. They do better in low-humidity environments so long as they are not overwatered. These rot easily in a cool, high-humidity or always-wet situation.

In large matter it comes down to finding plants that match your growing conditions.

T. bulbosa mention in the quote below and I will add T. butzii are fine in a humid weather and watered regularly if you have them turned upside down after watering so the water does not pool at the leaf base to start the rot from forming. Air circulation is just so important with these plants called Tillandsia.