In August, we will get together for our annual Summer Picnic. Bring your favorite side dish to share. The club will provide the main course and plates/utensils/napkins. Be on the lookout in Out newsletter, The Blade, for the location address at member garden of Krista Mills in Clairmont. Each member gets one raffle ticket for a free plant. Woohoo!
Picnic starts at 11:00 (not 10.)
In July we had an entertaining and enlightening presentation on Tillandsia ionantha. Thanks to Juan Pablo Pinzon.
Tillandsia ionantha
Bromeliads
pronounced broh-MEE-le-ads
. . . flowering plants belonging to the plant family Bromeliaceae.
There are more than 3,000 species and hundreds of hybrids.
In a Nutshell...Bromeliads are members of a plant family known as Bromeliaceae (bro-meh-lee-AH-say-eye). The family contains over 3000 described species in approximately 56 genera. The most well known bromeliad is the pineapple. The family contains a wide range of plants including some very un-pineapple like members such as Spanish Moss (which is neither Spanish nor a moss). Other members resemble aloes or yuccas while still others look like green, leafy grasses.
In general they are inexpensive, easy to grow, require very little care, and reward the grower with brilliant, long lasting blooms and ornamental foliage. They come in a wide range of sizes from tiny miniatures to giants. They can be grown indoors in cooler climates and can also be used outdoors where temperatures stay above freezing. |
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Just a few of the many genera in the bromeliad world...
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Aechmea
Alcantarea Ananas Billbergia Bromelia Cannistrum Cryptanthus Dyckia Guzmania Hechtia |
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Hohenbergia
Neoregelia Nidularium Portea Orthophytum Pitcairnia Puya Quesnelia Sincoraea Tillandsia Vriesea |