Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Cuba, Jamaica, Dominica, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Ecuador, Bolivia
Mexico (Sinaloa, Nayarit, Jalisco, Hidalgo, Veracruz, México, Michoacán, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Chiapas),
Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama,
Cuba, Jamaica, Dominica,
Colombia (Magdalena, Santander, Antioquia, Cundinamarca, Tolima, Valle del Cauca, Huila),
Venezuela (Sucre, Monagas, Anzoátegui, Miranda, Distrito Federal, Aragua, Falcón, Zulia, Mérida, Barinas),
Trinidad and Tobago,
Ecuador (El Oro),
Bolivia (Pando, La Paz, Cochabamba)
5 - 2,416 m elevation
Terrestrial, Epiphytic
Tillandsia juncea
forma juncifolia
Tillandsia (Tillandsia) juncea Poiret (1817)
- [ Etymology ] junceus in Latin (rushes, grass-like plants)
- Guatemalan commercial growers deal this plant as Tillandsia juncifolia.
- Officially treated as a synonym of Tillandsia juncea. The trichomes on leaves are much less, and it produces offsets on stolons.
- [ Width ] 25 - 30 cm
- [ Height ] 17 - 18 cm, Flowering 22 cm
- [ Petal ] Violet
- [ Bract ] Grayish pink
- [ Flower ] March - June
- [ Flower ] for 32 - 51 days, every 4 years
Classification
- [ Genus ] Tillandsia
- [ Subgenus ] Tillandsia
- [ Species ] juncea
- [ Forma ] juncifolia
- [ Synonyms ]
- Tillandsia juncifolia Regel (1874)
- Tillandsia staticiflora Hort. Paris. ex Regel
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, AC / Heater
- Oct. 2024 It keeps growing.
- Aug. 2022 Many roots began to grow at the bottom of the offset.
- May 2022 Capsules opened and seeds were scattered.
- Up to this point
- Partial sun, Long soaking, Shelving, AC / Heater
- Nov. 2021 It keeps growing.
- Aug. 2021 2 capsules began to grow.
- Jul. 2021 An offshoot began to grow.
- May 2021 It flowered.
- Jan. 2021 An inflorescence began to grow.
- Up to this point
- Partial shade, Long soaking, Shelving, Summer AC
- Apr. 2020 It keeps growing.
- Jul. 2019 Good condition.
2nd Plant
- Cultivation condition
- Partial sun, Dipping, Shelving, AC / Heater
- Jul. 2024 1 - 2 offshoots began to grow from the bottom of the foliages.
- Apr. 2024 Capsules opened and seeds were scattered.
- Dec. 2023 The foliage flowered in 2019 died and was removed.
- Jun. 2023 Capsules began to grow.
- Mar. 2023 It flowered.
- Nov. 2022 Inflorescences began to grow from 2 foliages of the clump.
- Aug. 2022 Many roots began to grow at the bottom of offsets.
- Jan. 2022 Leaf tips around the growing points of offshoots turned red.
- Up to this point
- Partial sun, Long soaking, Shelving, AC / Heater
- Nov. 2021 It keeps growing.
- May 2020 Capsules opened and seeds were scattered.
- Up to this point
- Partial shade, Long soaking, Shelving, Summer AC
- Apr. 2020 It keeps growing.
- Jul. 2019 Capsules began to grow.
- May 2019 It flowered.
- May 2019 2 offshoots began to grow at the bottom of the foliage.
- Oct. 2018 An inflorescence began to grow.
- Aug. 2018 Many roots began to grow.
- May 2018 An offshoot began to grow at the bottom of the foliage.
- Dec. 2017 Roots began to grow.
- Oct. 2017 Good condition.
1st Plant
- Cultivation condition
- Partial shade, Long soaking, Shelving, Indoors
- Mar. 2008 Leaves turned beautiful red.
- Jan. 2007 It has grown to the same size as the original foliage.
- Oct. 2006 Moved to another site. Cultivation condition is almost same as the previous site.
- Jun. 2005 Leaves turned red.
- Sep. 2004 Roots began to grow.
- Aug. 2004 The temperature rises above 30 °C for 40 days, and the highest temperature was over 39 °C.
- Nov. 2003 Leaf tips turned red.
- May 2003 2 offsets are growing at the bottom of the foliage after it bloomed.