Well, I've done what I said I would do... I bought more air plants... I'm still learning everyday by surfing but I am really enjoying these plants. We had our first snowfall the other day and for the last week the normal winter gray sky has been hanging around. But I get to come home everyday and see something green in my living room and kitchen. This is going to be so much better then last year. I now have a few different types of Ionathas, a Funckiana, a Paucifolia and a Capitata. This is way better then growing some of the other stuff I normally winter indoors. Most plants just require a drink once a week or less. These require much more attention (easy attention). I love summer because I can always do something in my garden every day. I love air plants cause I can always mist them every day. Creating work for myself and enjoying it. :-) In the summer what temperature would you wait for before taking them outdoors and sitting them in a tree? Do you have any problems with pests outside (to those up north)?

Hi everyone. I'm not really up on Tillandsias so I'm not sure what you are referring to here. Are you talking about the actual Tillandsia plant, or photo's of the plant? I live in Australia and have never seen a Tillandsia plant which has been doctored with colours to make it look something different. On the other hand I regularly see pictures "on line" of bromeliads for sale which have obviously been digitally enhanced; touched up; photo shopped or what ever else you like to call it. This is done by unscrupulous sellers to make their plants look more eye catching to attract buyers, especially ones who are new to bromeliads, or perhaps some unsuspecting person who knows nothing about bromeliads and is just buying one as a gift for a friend. The experienced grower can quickly identify these "doctored" pictures as firstly they have usually been "cropped" so they don't show any background. The reason being, if the background is shown, not only does the plant appear an unnatural colour, but parts of the back ground do also and this is a dead give away; e.g if a plant has had the purple colour enhanced, any background grass will usually take on a purple hue as well. The best way to check if the colour is natural is to compare the picture of the plant advertised, to a picture of the same plant in the photo indices of either the F.C.B.S. (http://fcbs.org/pictures.htm) or the B.S.I. Cultivar Register (http://registry.bsi.org/) This is a picture of Neoregelia 'Cliff Siverd' as it appeared on a popular on line plant auction site........ ............and this is the same plant on the Bromeliad Cultivar Register showing the true colour. In this example on the same site, this plant was advertised as Neoregelia 'Black Onyx' ,......... .........and this is what it really looks like as posted on the B.C.R. When buying plants from an unknown source, it's always a case of "Buyer Beware" All the best, Nev

I bought it 6 or 7 years ago at the upscale Flora Grub for a good low price. It was in a bowl with no I.D. It reminded me then of a larger leaved T.funkiana. This is its first ever bloom for me.

Hello, I grow my curly slim bare root and they grow quickly.