Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua
Mexico (Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Nayarit, Hidalgo, Veracruz, Morelos, Mexico, Michoacán, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Chiapas),
Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua
450 - 1,700 m elevation
Epiphytic, Terrestrial
Tillandsia ionantha
Guatemala form
Tillandsia (Tillandsia) ionantha Planchon (1854)
- [ Etymology ] ion + anthus in Latin (violet + flower)
- The plant is larger and leaves are narrower than those of Mexico form.
- [ Small size ] W 30 x H 40 mm
- [ Petal ] Violet
- [ Winter bloomer ] December
- [ Flowering ] for 17 days (max.), every 3 years
- [ Cultivar ]
- 'Druid' (White flower, leaves turn yellow)
- 'Zebrina' (Band texture on leaves)
- [ 1st Plant 2016 - ]
Classification
- genus Tillandsia
- subgenus Tillandsia
- [ Regional variation ]
- Mexico form
- Guatemala form
- Ecuador form
- Colombia form
- [ Variety ]
- var. ionantha
- var. maxima (Large foliage)
- var. scaposa => Tillandsia scaposa
- var. stricta (Narrow leaves)
- var. vanhyningii (Long stem)
- var. zebrina => Tillandisa ionantha 'Zebrina'
- [ Form ]
- f. fastigiata (Narrow leavs and closed foliage)
- [ Synonyms ]
- Blushing Bride
- Tillandsia erubescens H. Wendland (1854)
- Tillandsia quesneliana Hort ex Beer
- Tillandsia rubentifolia Poisson and Menet (1908)
- Tillandsia scopus Hooker f.
Cultivation
Informations summarized here are based on our experiences, and TrekGEO does not guarantee the results by cultivating in the same or similar conditions described here. Even a species of Tillandsia differs substantially between individuals, and is very sensitive in changes of environments. Applicatons of any idea inspired by this site should be at your own risks.
3rd Plant
- Cultivation condition
- Partial sun, Dipping,
- Shelving, Full air conditioning
- Nov. 2023 It flowered.
- Cultivation condition up to this point
- Partial sun, Long soaking,
- Shelving, Full air conditioning
- Nov. 2021 It keeps growing.
- Apr. 2021 A dispatched offset.
2nd Plant
- Cultivation condition
- Partial sun, Dipping,
- Shelving, Full air conditioning
- July 2023 An offset began to grow.
- June 2023 It flowered.
- Cultivation condition up to this point
- Partial sun, Long soaking,
- Shelving, Full air conditioning
- Nov. 2021 It keeps growing.
- Cultivation condition up to this point
- Partial shade, Long soaking,
- Shelving, Summer air conditioning
- Apr. 2020 It keeps growing.
- July 2019 Good condition.
1st Plant
- Cultivation condition
- Partial sun, Dipping,
- Shelving, Full air conditioning
- Jan. 2024 An offset began to grow at the bottom of the flowered foliage.
- Nov. 2023 An offset produced in 2022 flowered.
- Mar. 2022 The foliage flowered in 2018 was died and removed.
- Jan. 2022 1 and 2 offsets began to grow at the bottom of 2 flowered foliages.
- Cultivation condition up to this point
- Partial sun, Long soaking,
- Shelving, Full air conditioning
- Nov. 2021 All foliages of 2-foliage clump flowered.
- June 2020 Roots began to grow.
- Cultivation condition up to this point
- Partial shade, Long soaking,
- Shelving, Summer air conditioning
- Apr. 2020 It keeps growing.
- May 2019 Two offsets began to grow.
- Dec. 2018 It flowered.
- Cultivation condition up to this point
- Partial shade, Long soaking,
- Shelving, No air conditioning
- Apr. 2018 It keeps growing.
- June 2017 Roots began to grow.
- July 2016 Good condition.