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-Tobago,
Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Islands |
Soil: |
Epiphytic |
Water:
|
Medium |
Sun: |
Medium - Maximum |
Thickness: |
4 Centimetres |
Height: |
15 Centimetres |
Flower:
|
Red / Light
Blue |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Offsets |
Names:
|
- |
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.
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. |