HELP - Tillandsia Ionantha Plant Dying
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Help Please! Tillandsia(air plants) dying...
Comments (6)Yes, they'll die slowly and send out pups slowly (according to me in my first year of keeping them :-)). I had two pups, one came out first and then fell off, then another came and stuck around. It is around 7 inches long and about an inch or so in diameter now (mine was a streptophyllum and bulbosa cross I think...). It takes a lot of patience and mine seems to be pretty slow going. I hang mine in a sunny window that is blocked by a rice paper shade. I fertilize when I soak them...I don't know if I'm doing it right, but both of my Tilladsias are hanging in there almost a year later. I can't wait for them to rebloom! minibot...See MoreTillandsia ionantha question
Comments (4)Chris, Kim and Nev said it all; too much humidity and no air circulation. There are basically two types of Tillandsias; gray-leafed and green-leafed. The grays (your ionantha) prefer high light, and less humidity and drier conditions than your terrarium gives off. Green tills are more adapted to lower light levels and higher humidity and are normally too large for an enclosure but they manage with less air moving around them. Limited air circulation is simply a death sentence for gray tills. They've gotta have it. Take your plant outside where there's bright light, lay it down or string it up, mist it completely a couple of times a week and you should see pup growth soon....See MoreOT: Tillandsia (Ionantha?)... Lenette
Comments (10)Kristy... When I purchased it, there were a few plants attached to a piece of bark. Over the years, the plants have grown a bit, and multiplied. They have made their way around the sides of the bark, and mounded in the center, to give it the round shape. I am sure that they will, eventually, totally engulf the bark, forming a ball. Even with my color blindness, I can see the red color of the plants... they are beautiful. Lucy... yes... its going to be a cold one tonight. I checked the forecast, about two hours ago, and it was for 35 tomorrow morning. I've been hauling everything into the garage. Just checked on-line again, and now the low is predicted to be 31! The bad thing is, that with the last two cold-fronts, it turned out to be 3 degrees colder than predicted. Every potted plant is coming in. I just finished out front, and am now headed to the backyard. All of those plants are coming into the Florida-room. Laura's going to have a cow, when she gets home from work. Its going to look like hurricane time around here, less the plywood on the windows. I guess some of the in-ground plants may get damaged, but I'm not too concerned. I've lived thru 3 recent hurricanes, and the damage they do. The only thing I am concerned about are the Plumerias. Not sure what I can do about them, at this point. They are good sized, and would be difficult to cover. I will just hope the freeze doesn't last to long. Oh... you don't need to tell this wimp to dress warm! If I had the time and money, I'd hop a flight to Puerto Rico. Bob...See MoreFertilizing Tillandsia ionantha
Comments (1)This may help: I have two small fresh-water aquariums and change out water (~1 gallon for 2 tanks) twice a week. I save aside the water to soak my Tillandsias in weekly and also to fill a spray bottle to spray the plants once or twice daily due to our natural low humidity. I have a lot of real plants in both aquariums, but I'm sure they don't use all the fish and snail poop and urine (and I rarely add any aquarium plant fertilizer), so the Tillandsias can have some diluted "fish droppings" as well. After the Tillandsias have their bath, I pour that water on my regular house plants. I have used this system for over a year now and all the plants seem satisfied....See Morebernardyjh
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