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Accession Data:

Tillandsia caerulea Kunth

  • Common Name: Air Plant
  • Family: Bromeliaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Peru, Ecuador
  • Habitat: epiphyte or lithophyte

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 202200068
  • Source: David Burdick
  • Provenance:
    ex hort. plant from David Burdick at CCSS annual show, April 2022
  • Accession Date: 06-07-2022
  • Bench: 2216 - XER:Atacama Fog Desert
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 05-28-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: commelinids
  • Order: Poales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Bromeliaceae
  • SubFamily: Tillandsioideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Ecuador / Peru

References (external):

data regenerated on Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:54:28 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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  • Puya laxa
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Subfamily Tillandsioideae

  • Catopsis sp.
  • Tillandsia albida
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  • Tillandsia baileyi
  • Tillandsia brachycaulos
  • Tillandsia bulbosa
  • Tillandsia caerulea
  • Tillandsia graomogolensis
  • Tillandsia heteromorpha
  • Tillandsia intermedia
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  • Tillandsia jonesii
  • Tillandsia purpurea
  • Tillandsia recurvata
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  • Tillandsia simulata
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  • Tillandsia stellifera
  • Tillandsia tectorum X paleacea
  • Tillandsia tenuifolia Emerald Forest
  • Tillandsia unidentified
  • Tillandsia usneoides W/C
  • Tillandsia usneoides W/C
  • Tillandsia usneoides W/C
  • Tillandsia usneoides
  • Tillandsia xerographica
  • Vriesea correia-araujoi
  • Vriesea flammea
  • Vriesea fosteriana
  • Vriesea splendens
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
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= accession added within past 90 days
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