dimanche 16 septembre 2012

phymatidium tillandsioides (Phymatidium falcifolium)



Partial shade, intermediary to hot, flower in summer
This is a dwarf epiphyte that is found in Brazil that appears to be a Tillandsia with a short stem carrying spirally arranged, linear-aciculate, delicate light green, pin-like, acute, recurved, bilateally flattened leaves held in a tuft, that blooms on a erect, short, laxly 3 to 10 flowered, slender inflorescence occuring in the summer with linear bracts that is a bit longer than the leaves and needs deep shade, high humidity and year round water and fertilizer