Re: tillandsia production

>Hello
>can anone help me to find basic knowledge on how tillandsia are generally
>propagated for commercial purposes?(seed or vegetative propagation, time
>required to get commercial size, methods and tecniques etc.) I run a small
>nursery and I am curios of trying to produce some different species, such as
>tillandsia , which are not produced by many growers here in Italy.
>
>thanks
>Mizius

There is a nursery near me called Bird Rock Tropicals that propagates
tillandsias from seed.  They spread the seed on window screen stretched
over wooden frames and water it.  That's about all they need to do!  So
when you visit their greenhouse, it is filled with these wooden frames and
overflowing with a kazillion tillandsias.  I think it was fiberglass
screen, the really flexible stuff with the tiniest holes.

They are on the net, at www.birdrocktropicals.com.  The owner is Pam Koides.

Good luck!

nan
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Nan Sterman
San Diego County California
Sunset zone 24, USDA hardiness zone 10b or 11

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