Re: Bromeliads

Bromeliads are one of my favorite plants.  Many bromeliads are considered 
epiphytes.  They naturally grow on trees, without soil, clinging to the bark 
with their roots, but taking in nutrients/ moisture  through their foliage.  
Tillandsias are one of these types of bromeliads, more so than others.  Thus 
they need a lot of moisture, as Linda indicated, they also need more light 
than many of the bromeliads.  I put mine outside as much as possible.  They 
love rain water.  Including a misting now and then, dunk them in rain water 
for a few minutes once a week.  They dont' like to sit in water but enjoy a 
good soaking, especially when indoors with the heat on.  They are quite 
hardy, surviving occasional freezing temps without problems.  The spanish 
moss type tillandsias as well as a few others are native to southern US.

Noreen
zone 9
Texas Gulf Coast

> > are you familiar with a type of bromeliads
> > called Tillandsias--they grow without soil...I
> > ran across them tonight on the web and they
> > fascinate me!  Any info you'd ha!
> >  ve would be great 

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