index KINGDOM PLANT KINDOM phylum TRACHEOPHYTA (VASCULAR PLANTS) phylum SPERMATOPHYTA (SEED PLANTS) PHYLUM ANGIOSPERMAE Class MONOCOTS Order POALES Family BROMELIACEAE
Genus Tillandsia
air plants


BBALLBLU.GIF Native: South America and Mexico

BBALLBLU.GIF Moisture and nutrients are gathered from the air.

BBALLBLU.GIF Epiphyte: depends on the host for root support; not parasitic.
Grows on trees, debree.
Absorbs nuetreints through the leaves.


RULERYEL
PinkQuill2009DEC18Hyatt.JPG, 27 kB
Tillandsia.Cyanea HyattGRN.GIF, 1 kB
2009.12.18
Pink Quill
species: cyanea
Maui
BBALLBLU.GIF, 0 kB Native: Ecuador
BBALLBLU.GIF, 0 kB Epiphyte: Grows on other objexts, Moss, trees, wood.

Indoor at the Hyatt Resort

RULERYEL

RULERBOWGIF