Tillandsia intermedia

Tillandsia intermedia Care

Tillandsia intermedia

What is the plant

Tillandsia intermedia from the genus Tillandsia is endemic to western Mexico, reported from Guerrero, Sinaloa, and Jalisco. It is found on trees and bushes, including mangroves at an altitude ranging from 0 to 1000 meters above sea level.

Tillandsia intermedia is a medium sized (may exceed 25 cm) caulescent, but often apparently elongated because of proliferation of the inflorescence cause it often hanging from trees by the coiled leaves, or the inflorescence proliferating repeatedly as a new rosette, forming a chain of plants. It has 5-8, thick leaves covered throughout with coarse pale scales. The sheaths are large, broadly ovate, inflated and forming a narrowly ovoid or ellipsoid pseudobulb 5-15 cm long. Tillandsia intermedia is one of the few airplants that grows upside down in the wild.

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Lighting

Full Sun

Difficulty

Medium

How to Care for the Plant

Water
Soak your Tillandsia intermedia once a week in a bowl of water for 10 minutes each time. You can also mist your plant with a spray bottle 2-3 times a week if it needs more water between the soakings. Tillandsia absorbs water through its leaves instead of roots. So flip them upside-down when you give them a bath. Gently shake off any excessive water from the leaves of the air plant after each watering. Place your air plant somewhere with good air circulation to dry them completely within 4 hours of watering.
Fertilizer
Fertilize air plants once or twice a month with a water-soluble orchid or tillandsia fertilizer, following package instructions for dilution. Use the misting or dunking method. These special fertilizers do not contain urea nitrogen, which air plants cannot use.
Sunlight
Tillandsia intermedia requires a good light, but without full sun (especially in the afternoon summer). You can also cultivate them in partial shade. Place the plant very close to a window indoors in the winter and preferably outside the summer in a bright situation.

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Soil
Tillandsia intermedia can be grow suspended or mounted on a solid substrate that does not retain water. It can be grown on almost any imaginable decorative mount, including shells, rocks, slate, driftwood, etc.
Temperature
Tillandsia intermedia does best in warm environments between 10 and 32°C. Get it early enough in the fall if you grow it outside, so that it does not face night temperatures below 6°C, especially if it is wet.
Popularity
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