Cuba, Jamaica, Dominica, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
Cuba, Jamaica, Dominica, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Guiana, Guyana,
Peru (Puno),
Bolivia (La Paz, Cochabamba, Santa Cruz, Chuquisaca),
Brazil (Para, Bahia, Espirito Santo, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Riode Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul),
Paraguay,
Argentina (Jujuy, Salta, Tucumán, Misiones)
350 - 2,500 m elevation
Epiphytic
Tillandsia tenuifolia
'Blue flower'
Tillandsia (Anoplophytum) tenuifolia Linnaeus (1753) 'Blue flower'
- [ Etymology ] tenui + folium in Latin (narrow + leaf)
- Blue flower form distributes in southern South America.
- Leaves are pendulous.
- It requires frequent watering.
- [ Width ] 5 cm
- [ Length ] 20 cm
- [ Petal ] Violet
- [ Bract ] Red
- [ Flower ] November - January
- [ Flower ] for 24 days
Classification
- [ Genus ] Tillandsia
- [ Subgenus ] Anoplophytum
- [ Species ] tenuifolia
- [ Cultivar ] Blue flower
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.
1st Plant
- Cultivation condition
- Dappled shade, Soaking and misting, Shelving, AC / Heater
- Feb. 2025 It keeps growing.
- Feb. 2024 Roots began to grow.
- Jun. 2023 It began to grow again. Roots began to grow.
- Up to this point
- Partial sun, Dipping, Shelving, AC / Heater
- Nov. 2022 Tips of all leaves began to die.
- Up to this point
- Partial sun, Long soaking, Shelving, AC / Heater
- Nov. 2021 It keeps growing.
- Up to this point
- Partial shade, Long soaking, Shelving, Summer AC
- Apr. 2020 It keeps growing.
- Aug. 2019 A root began to grow.
- Mar. 2019 2 foliages bloomed. 1 - 2 offsets began to grow at the base of the inflorescences.
- Feb. 2019 Inflorescences began to grow from other 2 foliages of the 7-foliage clump.
- Jan. 2019 All foliages flowered at the same time.
- Dec. 2018 Inflorescences began to grow from 5 foliages of the 7-foliage clump.
- Up to this point
- Partial shade, Long soaking, Shelving, Indoors
- Apr. 2018 It keeps growing.
- Mar. 2018 An offset began to grow at the base of each inflorescence.
- Dec. 2017 All foliages flowered at the same time.
- Nov. 2017 Inflorescences began to grow from all foliages of the 5-foliage clump.
- Mar. 2017 1 - 2 offsets began to grow at the base of each inflorescence.
- Dec. 2016 It flowered.
- Nov. 2016 Inflorescences began to grow from all foliages of the 3-foliage clump.
- Mar. 2016 An offset began to grow at the base of the inflorescence.
- Feb. 2016 It flowered. 10 flowers on an inflorescence.
- Jan. 2016 An inflorescence began to grow from a foliage in the clump.
- Nov. 2015 An offset began to grow at the middle of the foliage.
- Jul. 2015 The offset have grown up to the same size as the original foliage.
- Up to this point
- Partial shade, Long soaking, Shelving, Indoors
- Jul. 2014 It keeps growing.
- May 2010 2 offsets began to grow at the base of the inflorescence.
- Mar. 2010 It flowered.
- May 2008 An offset began to grow at the base of each inflorescence.
- Mar. 2008 It flowered. 5 flowers on an inflorescence.
- Feb. 2008 Inflorescences began to grow from all foliages of the 2-foliage clump.
- Up to this point
- Partial shade, Long soaking, Shelving, Indoors
- Oct. 2006 It keeps growing.
- Aug. 2004 The temperature rises above 30 °C for 40 days, and the highest temperature was over 39 °C.
- Jan. 2003 2 offsets began to grow.
- Nov. 2002 It flowered.