Tillandsia - Identification Help Requested

cactuspic · Post by **cactuspic** » Thu Jan 04, 2007 11:29 pm

One of my small tillandsias recently flowered. Can anyone identify this little beauty? It is a focus stacked image taken at close to 1:1 magnification with my Canon 20d and my Sigma 180mm macro @f8. Please feel free to critique and comment.

Irwin

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 1:52 am

Tillandsia, no doubt. Very nice photo and beautiful flower.

Sorry can not help with ID. Besides I would like to see an expert who will identify it solely by flower pic.

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 5:55 am

I always like to see the whole plant also, but a lot of times with tillandsia, the flower is what makes the ID. Same with orchids..I like to see the whole plant. This site is great...lots of pictures.
http://www.fcbs.org/
Here is their list of tillandsias and photos (lots)
http://www.fcbs.org/pictures/Tillandsia.htm
Beautiful stack on that flower Irwin

cactuspic · Post by **cactuspic** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 8:42 am

Thanks Doug for your kind words and the site referal.

I have tentatively identified it as a Tillandsia aeranthos, which has a rather unique bract and flower combination. Unfortunately, I only made it through the "c's" in the tillandsia listing, so far. I never knew there were so many different species.

Once you have a name, however, it is amzing what you can find on google with a search.

This was a situation where the shot did not phrase well with the foliage. In the future, I will follow-up the closeup with a documentary shot for ID purposes. As a plant grower, I know its hard to have too much information to aid identification.

Best regards,

Irwin