Perennials, Tropicals > Tillandsia > Tillandsia usneoides > Tillandsia usneoides
Tillandsia usneoides
Spanish Moss
Origin: Mexico, Chile and Argentina.
| Family |
| Bromeliaceae |
| Genus |
| Tillandsia |
| Species |
| usneoides |
| Category |
| Perennials, Tropicals |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 12 |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| Requires cool season preotection under glass. |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H1b |
| Temperature (°C) |
| 15 |
| Temperature (°F) |
| 55 |
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Description and Growing Information
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| General Description |
| A plant that hangs over tree branches, cliffs, sharp rocks and urban edges like telephone poles lines, roofs and balconies. |
| Landscape |
| Hanging over railings, trees, poles. |
| Cultivation |
| Keep consistently moist and ventilated on the surface that the plant is growing atop. |
| Shape |
| Drooping. |
| Growth |
| Medium |
| Pests |
| None known. |
| Habitat |
| Trees, cliffs, sharp rocky edges. |
| Leaf Description |
| Silverfish festoons up to 30 cm long that droop over the surface that the plant is growing atop. |
| Colour Description |
| Silvery white festoons. |
| Texture Description |
| Coarse. |
| Notable Specimens |
| Muttart Conservatory, Edmondton, Alberta, Canada. |
| Propagation |
| Division. |
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