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Tillandsia
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Copyright: Raimundo Mesquita (mesquens)
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 150 W: 9 N: 201]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (1364) |
| Genre: Plants |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2009-04-25 |
| Categories: Rain Forest |
| Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC LZ7 |
| Exposure: f/2.8, 1/100 seconds |
| More Photo Info: [view] |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2009-04-26 14:36 |
| Viewed: 688 |
| Points: 2 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
The plant genus Tillandsia, a member of the Bromeliad family (Bromeliaceae), is found in the deserts, forests and mountains of Central and South America, and Mexico and the southern United States in North America. The thinner leafed varieties grow in rainy areas and the thick leafed varieties in areas more subject to drought. Moisture and nutrients are gathered from the air (dust, decaying leaves and insect matter) through structures on the leaves called trichomes. Tillandsia species are epiphytes, i.e. in nature they normally grow without soil, attached to other plants. Epiphytes are not parasitic, and depend on the host only for support. Common names for Tillandsia include air plant, ball moss (T. recurvata) and Spanish moss, the latter referring to T. usneoides in particular.
The genus Tillandsia was named by Carolus Linnaeus after the Finnish physician and botanist Dr. Elias Tillandz (originally Tillander) (1640-1693).
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Bromeliaceae
Subfamily: Tillandsioideae
Genus: Tillandsia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tillandsia |
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- jpdenk
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- [2009-04-29 9:29]
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Hi Raimundo,
A very attractive and interesting plant, and a very nice photo of it. I like that it shows a bit of the plants natural habitat. Good detail, and good exposure too.
Thanks,
John
