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Post by atmccmn on Jan 20, 2008 15:01:54 GMT 8
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Post by sockhom on Jan 20, 2008 17:11:09 GMT 8
What a wonderful display of shapes and colours!
Is that really T. streptophylla in the last picture? Or does the label belong to another plant?
Thanks for sharing.
François.
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Post by atmccmn on Jan 21, 2008 0:40:11 GMT 8
Francois,
Yes, half of it is streptophylla. That plant is a hybrid of brachycaulos X streptophylla. It blushes red when at athesis as to follow back the character of brachycaulos. Not very showy inflorescence tough.
Cheers
AT
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Post by rainforestguy on Jan 26, 2008 7:39:29 GMT 8
I need to keep on telling myself that bromeliads, especially tillandsias are rare in Asia and many non-American countries. Tillandsias are much prettier than most bromeliads because they lack the funnel-form water collecting sheaths and many thorns of some well known species.
The main guy who needs to write a book is Mark Dimmitt of Arizona. He has successfully crossed such odd-ball pairings such as N. duratii x stricta, N. xerographica x ionanatha, butzii x jalisco-monticola and many many more combinations and even complex hybrids.
In your neck of the woods, seeds should be able to grow and proliferate with ease.
Anyone hybridizing them there?
M
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Post by atmccmn on Jan 27, 2008 10:25:01 GMT 8
Yes indeed he did came out with good odd looking hybrids. Also not forgetting there are others hybridisers like John Arden or Pam Koide with their outstanding inflorensce hybrids. Those plant are expensive and hard to come by but they are truely magnificent.
Some species easily set seeds but others need certain cultural requirements to flower before producing seed pod. Yes, there are seeds, but the whole process of selective hybridising and cultivation will take years and patience to see good results.
Cheers,
AT
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Post by rainforestguy on Feb 2, 2008 6:48:32 GMT 8
To get your tillandsias to make more pups, use a birth control pill and dissolve it in water at the rate of a pill to a quart of water. After pill is dissolved, soak your tillandsia plants (just after it has flowered) for a few minutes, repeat an hour later. This will make plants pup like crazy.
If your plant hasn't flowered and you just want to multiply it. Do the same treatment after you pull out the center of the plant and then soaking the whole plant in the solution. You will get a pup from every leaf sheath. Otherwise how else would you propagate such slow puppers like hildae, xerographica, rothii, etc.
You can also induce flowering by treating with Ethrel/Florel or other ethylene treatment products. These work very well with ionantha to make flowering plants for sale any time of the year!
M
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Post by piscesilim on Feb 2, 2008 18:52:16 GMT 8
Sound interesting! But may I know what is birth control pill ?
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Post by atmccmn on Feb 2, 2008 20:47:29 GMT 8
M, Yes I know Ethrel or Florel work wonders for broms. It doesn't give a 100% result for Tills though. But the best is to let bloom naturally when the plant has matured. Hmmm.........birth control pills for Tillies?. This is new!. I'm now wondering how estrogen or progesterone will affect the chemical imbalance for it to pups like crazy! I'm sure the sales in birth control pill will rise!......  Cheers, AT |
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Post by rainforestguy on Feb 4, 2008 4:17:16 GMT 8
I'm surprised that no one has told this to anyone there. The use of birth control pills is not a new discovery.
The use of ethylene gas to produce flowering tillandsias is not new or difficult. They have been used extensively on the T. cyanae complex and that same technology has been applied to non-tank forming species and their hybrids. One local nursery boasts in having T. ionantha in red coloring any time of the year. I have recently seen T. bulbosa, xeroraphica and rothii in spike from forced flowering any time of the year.
M
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Post by David on Feb 4, 2008 9:41:47 GMT 8
Interesting information mike. Is it just any kind of birth control pills or a specific type? Maybe I shall get some and try on my till.
can explain more about getting the plant to pup before they flower? Not very sure which part of the center to pull out.
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Post by atmccmn on Feb 4, 2008 13:47:33 GMT 8
Mike,
Yes, the use of ethylene gas is an old information around in the fifties when broms is popular in your country. But certain informations are very well kept unless you know where to dig them out. Thanks for your tips! We are just experiencing its' popularity here.
As like any other monocot, there's only a single growing point. David, you can kill off the growing point by screwing it with any sharp object right to the centre. This is not advisable though unless you know what you are doing. Good luck!
AT
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