Tillandsia flabellata

 

tillandsia flabellata Baker

 

Tillandsia flabellata is a species in the genus Tillandsia. This species is native to southern Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas) and Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua).

Two varieties are recognized:

1. Tillandsia flabellata var. flabellata - Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua
2. Tillandsia flabellata var. viridifolia M.B.Foster - Veracruz

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An exceptional airplant species, Tillandsia Flabellata produces a wonderful multi stemmed coral coloured floral bract with violet flowers.  Like Tillandsia Cyanea this airplant variety can be grown quite happily as an epiphyte, although it is more common place to put Tillandsia Flabellata into a free draining compost and grow it as a pot plant.

When grown as an epiphyte, it is important to ensure that Tillandsia Flabellata has somewhere moist to root, such as moist sphagnum moss attached to cork bark.  This helps to ensure that any roots stay moist.

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Tillandsia flabellata is native to southern Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas) and Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua). It grows epiphytic at altitudes approaching 1500 meters above sea level.

 Tillandsia flabellata is a species of the genus Tillandsia. This species was described by John Gilbert Baker in 1887.