Re: Mistery plant

Your friend's plant is a Tillandsia, as you guessed.  It looks very healthy.  If it has never bloomed, it is probably because it is not getting enough sun.  I live near the coast in Los Angeles and can grow some of them in full sun, but most thrive best in dappled shade or under lath.  It would be interesting for your friend to pluck a few rosettes and try them in different places in her garden.

Cathy

On Oct 24, 2007, at 12:18 PM, Alexandre Leonardo wrote:

Hello group! Afriend of mine asked me to help her identify this plant. She has had it on her garden for several years (around 20) and she referes to it as "a cactus that grows on the olive tree". I'm preety sure it's not a cactus but I'm not sure if it isn't any kind of succulent. To me it looks like a bromeliad (maybe a tillandsia). In all these years she never saw any flowers.
 
The fotos of the plant can be found on the links bellow
 
http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb247/gintoino/alex3.jpg
http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb247/gintoino/alex2.jpg
http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb247/gintoino/alex.jpg
 
Thank you all
Alexandre

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