Nobody heard of it? Nobody?..if it's that rare,,willing to sell strands for $50 apiece..about the same as Elvis hair strands....

Googling..A form of T.recurvata?..or just plain mislabeled?..or new?

Stanofh, as far as I know, the name you've got is correct. It looks axcactly the same as mine. Mine is just much, much smaller - I mean a smaller clump. I have had one flower allready. But as far as growing conditions, I do not know. I just have it for a couple of months and just hung it up with all my other Tillandsias, so I wait and see if it is happy!

Japie

It's not rare, and not misnamed. I believe it is closely related to T. recurvata, AKA Ball Moss, and should be as easy to grow, but gonzer can probably tell you more.

Here is a link that might be useful: T. mallemontii

Thanks Japie and Lisa..the simple mistakes.I was Googling "T".mallemontii instead of "Tillandsia" mallemontii.The whole spelling..
Well,if it covers a forty foot wall(as the plant on the Fcbs site is doing) i wonder if it grows ball like-such as recurvata or drapes as Spanish moss?..Its also said to be a continuous bloomer with fragrant flowers,blue form. That sounds great.

My experience in growing it is that it likes a very humid environment. I got mine from a greenhouse and the mistake I made was thinking that it would fit in fine with the other, harder leafed silvery tillandsias. Didn't work out. Although living near the southern Calif. coast, my climate was too dry for it to succeed with only occasional watering. It wanted more frequent (a couple times per week) dousing with or dunking in water. The flowers have a lovely fragrance. You have a very nice looking specimen.

Hi Stanofh,
Here is a very recent photo of Grace Goode's "curtain" of Till. mallemontii (to the right of Till. usneoides) - the same as shown on the fcbs site. It is not flowering at present, but I have seen it flowering profusely in January - Australian summer. It is not hanging on a wall, but actually forming its own wall or curtain. This effect has been created over many years. Grace gave me some on a previous visit, and I grow mine in dappled light - not full sun - in a tree.

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Cheers, Kerry.

Stan, my experience with it is it loves the highest, indirect light it can get. Misting on a "normal" (2-3 times/week) basis. Fertilizer is a must for this species, my choice is the 17-8-22, mixed into my backpack sprayer once a month. On the other hand, the white-flowering form is a bit slower in growth and, IMHO, a bit more of a whining, bratty, crybaby plant. Sorry about the description but sometimes botanical language just doesn't hack it! You scored a nice plant from HD. A few years back I bought a very uncommon form of Spanish Moss from one, just have to keep your eyes open.

I had never even considered Tillandsia flowers as being fragrant. Maybe one of you could do a pictorial of fragrant Tillandsia's for us starters to be on the lookout for?-thanks

Now that i think of it,What Brom flowers are fragrant?

The species that have scents have them to a large degree. They're all pretty strong and very fragrant.
T. usneoides - yes, Spanish Moss smells good!
T. xiphioides
T. crocata
T. duratii
T. dodsonii
T. narthecioides
T. staminea
T. purpurea
Of these plants, straminea is the winner with crocata coming in second.

Gonzer, you left out T. cyanea and T. lindenii. I've got some clumps of cyanea blooming now, and it's lovely. Spicy, like carnations or allspice!

I don't know if regular Neo. chlorosticta has fragrant flowers, but the cv. Marble Throat definitely does. Kind of caught me off guard, you wouldn't expect a Neo to be fragrant. You have to have your face right up in there, though-- one of the perks of hybridizing. More often you get the lovely smell of decomposing debris in the cup, in fact Neo. olens was named for that. I've never noticed that olens was any stinkier than any other species, though.

According to Victoria Padilla's book, Quesnelia marmorata gives off a fruity fragrance from the center of the plant a few weeks before it actually blooms (the flowers themselves are not fragrant). I've never noticed this either. The same book claims that Billbergia horrida is fragrant at night. She also describes Catopsis berteroniana, Alcantarea imperialis and Vriesea racinae as somewhat fragrant, but again, not something I've noticed myself.

The Tillies seem to be the most aromatic bunch. In addition to the ones already mentioned, she describes T. cacticola, dyeriana, jucunda, streptocarpa and xiphioides as fragrant. I don't know about the others, but I never noticed anything from T. dyeriana. Has anyone else?

And thanks also to kerry and neo. wow,40' of Tillandsia.
Lisa..the first fragrant brom to fill a room like a mid winter forced Hyacinth bulb. A fine goal-wink...