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Feb 2, 2016 9:17 AM CST
Name: Ken Ramsey
Vero Beach, FL (Zone 10a)
Bromeliad Vegetable Grower Region: United States of America Tropicals Plumerias Orchids
Region: Mississippi Master Gardener: Mississippi Hummingbirder Cat Lover Composter Seller of Garden Stuff
Welcome, @Atabby. Tillandsia are indeed an interesting family of plants, and though they are generally thought of as (the) "air-plants", all the epiphytic plants (such as orchids, staghorn ferns, and bromeliads) are also "air-plants". At one time I had a lot of hybrids (some man-made, some from far-off places). Last year I began to collect only those tillandsia native to the USA, mostly a few counties in Florida. I now have eight of those varieties. I decided to mount all of the varieties on a single mount so that one could see the diversification of the native plants and chose a huge slab of natural cork to mount them on. The only native variety that I have collected that is not on the cork is Spanish moss. Two of the varieties are now coming into bloom.

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