Tillandsia air plants

Tillandsia name is derived from the botanical name is Swedish, Elias Tillandsia (1640-1693), who discovered this genus. That gives it the name is Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778). Bromeliads plant has the most species, more than 500 pieces. Found throughout South America (from Argentina to Venezuela and Colombia) and in Central America (from Panama to Mexico) almost all Tillandsia plants are epiphytes or as "air plants" (live on the air. But there is also growing d soil.

Care

Tillandsia are usually easy to grow. They are very quick to adapt to their new environment, there are some tips on caring for tillandsia:

1. Prevent the tree from direct sunlight, especially during the hot hours (10 am to 2 pm)
Place the tree indoors or outdoors when the weather is fine. Tillandsia are very suitable in a climate such as Indonesia, because tillandsia can live in a wide range of temperatures, from 10 ° C to 30 ° C.

2. Just like for carnivorous plants, water with rain water or demineralized water. You can soak the plant a few seconds in water, or spray with a spray to the leaves to the roots. If I was doing in the area of ​​Bandung when the humidity inside the house simply spray water once a week, for outside the house twice a week sprayed water. In fact I never forget not flush for 2 months, thank God still live well and flowering.

3. Cultivated trees dried immediately after a maximum of three hours of watering. Enough cooling it off course. Do not let the plants are wet, because it will cause the plant to rot and die. Watering should be done as early as possible. Airplant monoide absorb carbon from the air at night instead of during the day. If the plant is wet, do not breath so unless it can dry quickly in the evening.

4. Give the dose of fertilizer with ¼ diluted orchid fertilizer twice a month, so as to bring minerals and nitrogen plants are required and can not find in the ambient atmosphere. Or use Bromeliad fertilizer (17-8-22) twice a month.

5.Perhatikan bright light (light filtered) and air circulation, especially the humidity of the air, because tillandsia are plants that absorb water through the air "airplant". Cultivated store near the lighted window also good air circulation, if the atmosphere is not too dry (as in an air-conditioned house) they require relatively little water. Most prefer the cold night temperatures.

6. If kept indoors and the air is dry, you will need to submerge the plants in water for 2-3 hours about every two weeks. If the plants in vases or glasses, be sure to empty the water out. Tillandsias will not survive in stagnant water.

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