[GrowRR] regional differences?

[Peter]

Obivously, it's not a problem of regional differences. 
I ordered Tillandsia from Florida last summer, most of them grows well in my sub-tropical home, no green house, no sharp contrast in day/night temperature. Unfortunately, some dead because of careless mistake. Although Tillandsia are hard plants, they still require proper care. 

Peter
Tillandsia lover from Hong Kong

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jeff.Sorensen at tsc.tdk.com 
  To: Kenneth Quinn 
  Cc: growrr at bsi.org ; BROM-L ; GrowRR-bounces at bsi.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2004 2:59 AM
  Subject: Re: [GrowRR] regional differences?



  I live in California and usually get my plants here as well.  I do occasionally get plants from Florida, and as long as it is suited to the local California climate (Ca has a lot of different climates!) it does OK.  I think that some plants are harder to grow in some climates rather than a problem with the place the plant came from when it was first grown.  Tillandsias, for the most part, do well here, including some that I got that are native to Fla, like T. usniodes and T. recurvata.  Other more tropical or cloud forest varieties do OK in a green house, but some varieties I can never grow no matter what I try.  The desert varieties do best here in Socal.  A lot of plants come from coastal central California and also do OK even though the climate is cooler.  Virtually all tillandsias from CA are grown in green houses no matter where they came from. 


  Best regards,
  Jeff Sorensen
  TDK Semiconductor Modem Applications 


       "Kenneth Quinn" <mosasaur47 at msn.com> 
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        05/03/2004 11:27 AM 
               
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  Last week, I was contemplating ordering tillandsias from a dealer in
  California and asked a friend if they wanted to order some also.  That
  person remarked that plants from California don't do well here in New
  Orleans.  After I thought about it, I realized that I had brought home about
  20 tillandsias from a visit in 2001 and only one was still alive; a more
  recent order from another dealer had 100% mortality rate over the next year.
  These were healthy, top-rate plants when I received them, and I am not
  exactly a novice at growing bromeliads.  It must, therefore, be a matter of
  the different climates - those from CA are used to sharp contrast in day and
  night temperatures, for instance, while here they have months when the
  differential is only about 10 degrees.

  Has anyone else noted this problem?  Has anyone in CA obtained plants from
  Floreida only to have them languish and then expire?

  Kenneth Quinn

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