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'''''Tillandsia tenuifolia''''' is a [[species (biology)|species]] of the [[genus (biology)|genus]] ''[[Tillandsia]]''. This species is [[Native plant|native]] to [[Bolivia]], [[Brazil]] and [[Venezuela]].
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Tillandsia tenuifolia, Linn. (T. caespitosa, Le Conte, not Cham. & Schlecht. T. Bartramii, Ell., in part). Plant less than 6 in. tall, reddish, clustered: lvs. awl-shaped and erect, nearly terete, concave at the base, scurfy: fls. few in a simple or somewhat compound spike, the blue petals exceeding the bracts and recurving at the apex. Ga. to Brazil.
 
Tillandsia tenuifolia, Linn. (T. caespitosa, Le Conte, not Cham. & Schlecht. T. Bartramii, Ell., in part). Plant less than 6 in. tall, reddish, clustered: lvs. awl-shaped and erect, nearly terete, concave at the base, scurfy: fls. few in a simple or somewhat compound spike, the blue petals exceeding the bracts and recurving at the apex. Ga. to Brazil.
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Cultivars:
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* [[Tillandsia Bingo|''Tillandsia'' 'Bingo']]
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* [[Tillandsia Bonsall Beauty|''Tillandsia'' 'Bonsall Beauty']]
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* [[Tillandsia Coconut Ice|''Tillandsia'' 'Coconut Ice']]
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* [[Tillandsia Emerald Forest|''Tillandsia'' 'Emerald Forest']]
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* [[Tillandsia Flamingoes|''Tillandsia'' 'Flamingoes']]
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* [[Tillandsia Gildora|''Tillandsia'' 'Gildora']]
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* [[Tillandsia Green Goddess|''Tillandsia'' 'Green Goddess']]
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* [[Tillandsia Hoja Gorda|''Tillandsia'' 'Hoja Gorda']]
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* [[Tillandsia Perky Pink|''Tillandsia'' 'Perky Pink']]
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* [[Tillandsia Sexton|''Tillandsia'' 'Sexton']]
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* [[Tillandsia Silver Comb|''Tillandsia'' 'Silver Comb']]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 23:27, 27 April 2010


Tillandsia tenuifolia 2.jpg


Plant Characteristics
Habit   bromeliad

Height: ⇕ 6 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6.
Width: ⇔ 6 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 6.
Lifespan: ⌛ perennial
Bloom: ❀ early summer, mid summer, late summer
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ shade
Features: ✓ flowers, houseplant
USDA Zones: 11 to 12
Flower features: ❀ blue, purple
Scientific Names

Bromeliaceae >

Tillandsia >

tenuifolia >

L. >


Tillandsia tenuifolia is a species of the genus Tillandsia. This species is native to Bolivia, Brazil and Venezuela.


Read about Tillandsia tenuifolia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Tillandsia tenuifolia, Linn. (T. caespitosa, Le Conte, not Cham. & Schlecht. T. Bartramii, Ell., in part). Plant less than 6 in. tall, reddish, clustered: lvs. awl-shaped and erect, nearly terete, concave at the base, scurfy: fls. few in a simple or somewhat compound spike, the blue petals exceeding the bracts and recurving at the apex. Ga. to Brazil. CH


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Gallery

  • Tillandsia tenuifolia -pl 1.jpg
  • Tillandsia tenuifolia - infl 1.jpg
  • Tillandsia tenuifolia 1.jpg

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