AIR PLANTS (TILLANDSIAS)
Tillandsia ixioides x tenuifolia
2741
A small plant with grayish silver leaves in an upright rosette. It is clustering and has a short scape with bright pink bracts and yellowish flowers.
Tillandsia flabellata 'Giant Red' x concolor
5046
Tillandsia pseudomicans
3980
Tillandsia rhomboidea
387
A very attractive Colombian species with a showy spike of inflated branches of bright orange-red, that persists for some months. Growing to about 10in with dark green foliage in an upright rosette. Easy to grow, thriving potted in an orchid-type mix or mounted.
Tillandsia balbisiana Florida
2597
Tillandsia balbisiana The Florida form of this wide ranging species that occurs from Florida, the Caribbean down through Mexico and Central America and Northern South America. The Florida form tends to grow in open woods and cypress swamps from twigs in the full sun to shaded hammocks. An elongated bulbous base formed by the leaves that constrict before flaring out to an open but few leaved rosette. The inflorescence is tall, branched and lacquer red. An easy and rewarding species to grow.
Tillandsia 'Jes'
7933
A pretty hybrid by Paul Isley of brachycaulos x exserta.
Tillandsia 'Green Goblin'
3826
Believe it or not, this glowing green plant appeared in the same grex as the 'Red Robin' with the only difference being it's completely green with not even a hint of red! We have been growing this plant side by side with it's sister, 'Red Robin', for years and have not found any reddening of the leaves to date. It's possible future pups may appear red but there's no way of knowing at this point. We do know this plant has straighter leaves and does not get as curly. It's larger than T. streptophylla, with a bigger bottom and thicker more succulent leaves and heavy trichomes. Very pretty!
Pending registration.
All of the plants arrived safely. The auction went very well and everyone loved the plants, especially 'Green Goblin' and 'Red Robin'. I ended up with 5 of the 10 plants including those two. Thank you so much.
Tillandsia 'Chickasaw Bill'
4961
This Tillandsia came to our collection from the late Bill Soerries collection after his passing in 2013. There are several without names and some that have defied identification. This plant is one of those. It's an obvious hybrid with Til. ionantha, but with what? We don't know for sure. It has a short but branched inflorescence. It does not seem to match anything in the BSI Cultivar Registry.
Tillandsia 'Chickasaw Bill' (Til. ionantha x ?) The name is to honor Bill Soerries, who used to run the famous Chickasaw Club in Columbus, Georgia.
Pending registration.
Tillandsia stricta Hard Leaf
319
An all-time favorite from Brazil is about 6 inches across in a leafy rosette with stiff gray-green leaves. It produces a stunning blue-flowered, plume-shaped pink inflorescence in the summer. In nature this plant can be found growing on the restinga sands of beach dunes and in trees in the foothills of the Atlantic Range in Brazil.
Tillandsia ionantha 'Rubra'
392
Beautiful colors love them and I will definitely buy some more!
Tillandsia 'Folly'
766
A pretty hybrid by John Arden dating back to the 1970's.
(xiphioides x capitata 'Rubra')