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A friend very kindly gave me a few rosettes last year and I have stood them in the Agave house where they
will be warm and well lit. Shortly after this picture was taken a young rabbit squeezed under the door
and trimmed the ends off all the leaves. The plant looked a little foolish for a while, but it is growing
out of it and the door has been re-hung an inch lower. This is thought to be one of the most cold tolerant of the grey-leaved Tillandsia. Andy's Airplants says: "Tillandsia bergeri is a very popular, easy and vigorous species. It is endemic to Buenos Aires in Argentina where it grows as a saxicole (on rocks). It is know amongst enthusiasts as 'The mad pupper' due to the fact that it constantly produces 'pups' or offsets along its stem and so quickly grows into large sometimes very large clumps. The flower spike on this species is 3 to 5 inches long straw coloured and produces lovely blue to violet flowers with a white centre. This is one of the hardiest and easiest of all Tillandsia species, it has proven hardy over many years outside in mild coastal gardens in Cornwall and also in Central London. It is easy to mount or just hang from wire, and grows in full sun or dappled shade, with regular wetting and drying." Werner Rauh says: "The plant needs little care; it is just as tough as T. aeranthos and therefore recommended to the beginner but in its non-blooming stage can easily be confused with T. aeranthos and T. tenuifolia." |
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