Tillandsia xerographica
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|image = Tillandsia xerographica 20081016.jpg
|status = CITES_A2
|status_system = CITES
|genus = Tillandsia
|parent = Tillandsia subg. Tillandsia
|species = xerographica
|authority = Rohweder
|synonyms_ref = [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=270007 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
|synonyms = *Tillandsia kruseana Matuda
- Tillandsia xerographica f. variegata Moffler
- Tillandsia tomasellii De Luca, Sabato & Balduzzi
}}
Tillandsia xerographica is a species of flowering plant in the bromeliad family. It is native to southern Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.{{cite web |url=http://www.conabio.gob.mx/institucion/cooperacion_internacional/TallerNDF/Links-Documentos/WG-CS/WG2-Perennials/WG2-CS7%20Tilandsia/WG2-CS7-S.pdf |first=Mygdalia |last=García |author2=Hiram Ordóñez Chocano |title=Case Study: Tillandsia xerographica |work=International Expert Workshop on CITES Non-Detriment Findings |access-date=2012-08-14}} The name is derived from the Greek words ξηρός (xeros), meaning "dry", and γραφία (graphia), meaning "writing". It is included in Tillandsia subg. Tillandsia.{{cite book |first=Paul T. |last=Isley |title=Tillandsia: the World's Most Unusual Air Plants |volume=1 |publisher=Botanical Press |page=187}}
Description
File:Tillandsia-xerographica.jpg
Tillandsia xerographica is a slow-growing, xerophytic epiphyte. The greenish silver leaves are wide at the base and taper to a point making an attractive, sculptural rosette, {{cvt|3|ft|cm|-1|order=flip}} or more in diameter and over {{cvt|3|ft|cm|-1|order=flip}} high in flower. The inflorescence, on a thick, green stem, {{cvt|6-15|in|mm|order=flip|round=5}} in height, densely branched. The leaf bracts are rosy red; the floral bracts are chartreuse; and the petals of the tubular flowers are red to purple and are very long lasting (months).
Habitat
File:Tillandsia xerographica (TS) 2-06882.jpg near Los Cobanos beach]]
Tillandsia xerographica inhabits dry forests and thorn scrub at elevations of 140 to 600 m in southern Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador. Average temperatures in its habitat range from 22 °C to 28 °C, with relative humidity between 60% and 72% and annual precipitation between 550 and 800 mm. It grows epiphytically on the highest branches, where it receive intense lighting.
Cultivars
- Tillandsia 'Betty' (T. xerographica × T. brachycaulos)
- Tillandsia 'Fireworks' (T. xerographica × T. roland-gosselinii)
- Tillandsia 'Silver Queen' (T. jalisco-monticola × T. xerographica)[http://www.bsi.org/brom_info/cultivar/bcr.html BSI Cultivar Registry] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091202073716/http://www.bsi.org/brom_info/cultivar/bcr.html |date=2009-12-02 }} Retrieved 11 October 2009
- Tillandsia 'Silverado' (T. chiapensis × T. xerographica)
References
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Category:Plants described in 1953
Category:Flora of Southeastern Mexico
Category:Flora of Southwestern Mexico
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