Tillandsia fasciculata var. densispica Mez

Giant airplant (en)

Variety

Angiosperms > Poales > Bromeliaceae > Tillandsia > Tillandsia fasciculata

Characteristics

Inflorescences: spikes densely palmate, each short-stipitate to subsessile, without elongate, slender, sterile bracteate base, fertile part rarely over 10 cm. Floral bracts to 3 cm.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-11

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 15 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Tillandsia fasciculata var. densispica world distribution map, present in Costa Rica, Dominica, Guatemala, Haiti, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:253829-2
WFO ID wfo-0000578431
COL ID 7MRQ7
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Tillandsia hystericina Tillandsia wilsonii Tillandsia fasciculata var. densispica Tillandsia fasciculata f. alba