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Post by atmccmn on Sept 14, 2007 12:22:00 GMT 8
As most of Tillandsia are epiphytes, the function if its' roots are by means of attaching itself to any substrate. So, for you guys by any means of creativity you put into your plants is acceptable as long as the substrate used would not hold moisture for too long.
A solid hardwood driftwood is rather quick drying. Try to use any media with drying time within 3-5 hrs is OK!. This is just a general guide. Ofcourse there are some excetional to certain cases.
Hope this helps
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Post by ericsow on Sept 14, 2007 17:42:55 GMT 8
advisor, do you know what type of ionantha in picture below T.bulbosa  |
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Post by atmccmn on Sept 14, 2007 22:06:30 GMT 8
Sorry for my eyesight, the pic. above is rather not clear. Your ionantha below the bulbosa looks like a compact form of ionantha. There are a few which has this form, ie: ionantha stricta, Huamelula (vr. maxima), ionantha vr. stricta forma fastigiata and a cultivar of Huamelula called 'Hand Granade'.
I do not know what is the size and it's true form is still not obvious. Perhaps another clear shot if it will help a lot.
FYI, they don't do well by lying flat on a wooden shelf.
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Post by funkychips on Sept 14, 2007 22:31:34 GMT 8
There, the plant is now hanging. I took a length of nylon string, tied a loose knot and attached the plastic hanger to it, put the plant in, and done!  |
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Post by funkychips on Sept 18, 2007 21:03:22 GMT 8
In the end, it looked like this:  |
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Post by lisham on Sept 19, 2007 0:48:07 GMT 8
wat's the big swirly thing on the left... it looks nice... is it expensive? is it hard to care for? where can I get one?
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Post by tarence on Sept 19, 2007 9:39:44 GMT 8
looks like a xerographica......it`s not cheap Lisham....you can PM Andy ( atmccmn ) for stock availability
funkychips : is it a xero or strepto ? coz the smaller one next to it in the sept 14 photo looks like a strepto pup. i`m always bad at identifying tills coz so many forms & hybrids...........and neps. heheh. btw, tills have way way more varieties than neps.
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Post by funkychips on Sept 19, 2007 10:27:24 GMT 8
To be honest, I really have no idea. I just assumed that they could be xero too, or at best a hybrid of xero and strepto. I got that pup from sg buloh hee garden, the price is within a capitata 'peach' price range. Andy showed me the pics of his xero, they look similar except for the colour. Andy's has a blue tone while mine has a grey yellowish tone. But if that thing is a xero, or any of its hybrids they are easy to look after. I find that it needs drenching better than spraying, as my house area is very hot and stuffy during the afternoon. Currently xeros are listed on CITES as an endangered plant species in Central America, but trading on commercially propagated plants is allowed. tarence: I'm about to fall into a pit of tills now. *breathes into tills*  |
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Post by tarence on Sept 19, 2007 10:37:11 GMT 8
funkychips : i`m afraid the only help i can offer is to push you into the pit.....haha.
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Post by atmccmn on Sept 19, 2007 22:12:22 GMT 8
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Post by caseyhoo on Sept 20, 2007 9:42:30 GMT 8
funkychips, yours 2nd tilland is looks like my Tillandsia cyanea. I brought it from Sg. Buloh too, and it cost me RM7 only.
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Post by tarence on Sept 20, 2007 10:03:11 GMT 8
the first one looks like a streptophylla pup.
the 2nd i`m sure i have it in my house but i need to see the `bulb` part to be sure.
andy : help !
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Post by funkychips on Sept 20, 2007 10:30:30 GMT 8
thanks for the ID guys;
casey: I don't think it's a cyanea because from what I see the leaves are hard, and the plant has a bluish tint to it. I have two clumps of cyaneas at home they look different plus the price of this guy is about rm12-15. The main prob like tarence said is there are too many hybrids that resemble their parent plants so it could be from any species that resembles it. IMO, I vote stricta variant.
tarence: andy, help! ;D
btw, do strepto plants grow as big as xeros? If that is the case, then there is another possibility the big xero is NOT a xero but a big strepto. darn! i knew xeros wouldn't be that easy to come by!
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Post by tarence on Sept 20, 2007 11:12:53 GMT 8
yep, streptos grow as big or bigger than xeros. xeros leaves are longer and are curly but the circumference of the strepto is bigger.
btw, with more than 2,000 varieties ( or more, coz new ones are discovered often ) of tills to ogle at and own, you wonder why we get confused with which variety they are. heheh.
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Post by funkychips on Sept 20, 2007 11:58:48 GMT 8
I think it might not be a strepto because streptos have bulb ends this one doesn't, more like flattened.
and my big plant could be a streptophylla x xero from what I've seen in tilandsia biotope.
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Post by atmccmn on Sept 20, 2007 13:34:19 GMT 8
Funckychips, it's still too early to determine what's your 1st pic. From what i can see is it could be a xero pup, but this is my personal guessing. It somewhat resemble your bigger xero. especially on it's leaf form. At the moment I did not see any bulbous base for your 1st pic. as this is a prominent character for xero.
You have to wait till it gets bigger.
Your 2nd pic. probably is a stricta. An overall size would help. A flower will resolve a lot of questions. Does it feel velvety? I do not know what form it is as there are plenty of cultivars for this sp. ie: hard leaf, soft leaf, fine leaf, midnight, silver star, gray leaf and so on........
Strepto X xero is entirely different from xero character. Its' leaves are much softer, less trichomes and very curly. It looks like a strepto but with brachy. leaves coloration. A big plant too probably from the xero parentage. Preffer to be in a shaded area tho.
Hope this help.
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Post by funkychips on Sept 20, 2007 21:05:36 GMT 8
Thanks bro..I guess will have to wait a while before I give it a name tag  . Boy, tills have become my headache and my Panadol ;D |
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Post by atmccmn on Sept 20, 2007 21:31:55 GMT 8
You'll get used to it.  That's why I preffer to buy plants with a tag from reputable source. |
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Post by tillycollector07 on Sept 21, 2007 11:55:15 GMT 8
Indeed it's always good to buy from nursery that had a tag on it...Where did u bought these 2 plants & for how much is it???
The first plant could be a hybrid of either capitata or xero or betty(capitata X xero).
The second plant could be a stricta hybrids.May i know how big is this plant??
When i come to KL on Oct07 , maybe i can visit yr place to take a look,is it ok???
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That's why I preffer to buy plants with a tag from reputable source.