TILLANDSIA BULBOSA
Author:
William Jackson Hooker, 1825
Family:
BROMELIACEAE
Origin:
Bahamas, Belize, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Islands
Elevation:
Publisher:
Exot. Fl.: t. 173 (1825)
Collection number:
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Thickness:
4 Centimetres
Height:
15 Centimetres
Propagate:
Seeds/Offsets
CITES:
Synonyms:
Pourretia hanisiana E. Morren ex E. Morren, 1847.
Tillandsia erythraea Lindl. & Paxton, 1850.
Tillandsia inanis Lindl. & Paxton, 1850.
Tillandsia pumila Lindl. & Paxton, 1850.
Platystachys erythraea,Beer, 1856.
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Platystachys inanis, Beer, 1856.
Platystachys bulbosa, Beer, 1857.
Pachystachys bulbosa, Beer, 1857.
Tillandsia bulbosa var. picta Hook.
This member of the Bromeliaceae family was given this name by William Jackson Hooker in 1825. It is found in central and northern South America, growing as an epiphyte with some water and some to lots of sun. The caudex can grow to four centimetres in diameter, the whole plant up to fifteen centimetres in height. The genera is named after Elias Tillands, 1640–1693, a Swedish botanist, working in Finland. The species name for the bulbouse base of the plant.
Flower
Red / Light Blue
Soil
Epiphytic
Water
Medium
Sun
Medium - Maximum
