[GrowRR] Tillandsias in North America

[chris blazier]

I'm a native Texan living in NYC, and I often collect
T. usneoides and T. recurvata when I'm home for the
holidays. I generally collect plants around
Austin--it's nice and humid there--but I've seen both
species quite a bit further north.

Chris Blazier


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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 12:46:12 +0900
> From: derek butcher <tillands at senet.com.au>
> Subject: [GrowRR] BSI Bromeliads Cultural manual
> To: Brom-L at nic.surfnet.nl,GrowRR at bsi.org
> Cc: JRonMcgee at aol.com
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> Bromeliad Spotters all
> I am disappointed in Bromeliad knowledgeable
> Americans who have this
> booklet and have not noticed the error on page 3
> which says that Bromeliads
> only come from as far north as Georgia. All
> Virginians will tell you that
> T. usneoides grows there in isolated pockets by the
> coast.
> As an Aussie I knew that Georgia was north of
> Florida and did not worry
> when I read about this statement. I also knew that
> you have tornadoes that
> can move huge amounts of Tillandsia usneoides
> northwards! Perhaps Herb
> Plever may have come across a bit in his skyscaper
> in New York! Who knows.
> So make a mental note of the error on page3.You may
> also note that on page
> 37 you send all technical questions to me, possibly
> because everybody knows
> I would not make a good poker player!
> While on this 'Spotting Tillandsia usneoides' is on
> my mind, perhaps we
> could have comments on how far north this species
> has been found. We must
> follow the rules of the Bird Watcher with categories
> such as sighting,
> nesting, successful raising of chicks etc. No
> cheating or reading from
> books. I assume that California is out and I have
> already mentioned
> Florida, Georgia, and Virginia. What about other
> areas?
> Uncle Derek
> 
>  
> 
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 22 May 2004 07:17:12 -0500
> From: "Fred Ross" <fbr01 at bellsouth.net>
> Subject: Re: [GrowRR] BSI Bromeliads Cultural manual
> To: <Brom-L at nic.surfnet.nl>, <GrowRR at bsi.org>,
> "derek butcher"
> 	<tillands at senet.com.au>
> Cc: JRonMcgee at aol.com
> Message-ID: <000501c43ff6$b75ac360$ed55fea9 at i>
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> 
> HeyUncle Derek,
> What about Louisiana?  We were using the tilly as a
> matress stuffer and
> furniture stuffer many years ago before the
> alligators ate us up.  Here in
> New Orleans we have and abundance of the tillandsia
> and perhaps the
> hurricanes blew them up North, as you say.
> 
> PS. Keep up the good work.
> 
> Fred Ross
> 
> Fred Ross
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "derek butcher" <tillands at senet.com.au>
> To: <Brom-L at nic.surfnet.nl>; <GrowRR at bsi.org>
> Cc: <JRonMcgee at aol.com>
> Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 10:46 PM
> Subject: [GrowRR] BSI Bromeliads Cultural manual
> 
> 
> > Bromeliad Spotters all
> > I am disappointed in Bromeliad knowledgeable
> Americans who have this
> > booklet and have not noticed the error on page 3
> which says that
> Bromeliads
> > only come from as far north as Georgia. All
> Virginians will tell you that
> > T. usneoides grows there in isolated pockets by
> the coast.
> > As an Aussie I knew that Georgia was north of
> Florida and did not worry
> > when I read about this statement. I also knew that
> you have tornadoes that
> > can move huge amounts of Tillandsia usneoides
> northwards! Perhaps Herb
> > Plever may have come across a bit in his skyscaper
> in New York! Who knows.
> > So make a mental note of the error on page3.You
> may also note that on page
> > 37 you send all technical questions to me,
> possibly because everybody
> knows
> > I would not make a good poker player!
> > While on this 'Spotting Tillandsia usneoides' is
> on my mind, perhaps we
> > could have comments on how far north this species
> has been found. We must
> > follow the rules of the Bird Watcher with
> categories such as sighting,
> > nesting, successful raising of chicks etc. No
> cheating or reading from
> > books. I assume that California is out and I have
> already mentioned
> > Florida, Georgia, and Virginia. What about other
> areas?
> > Uncle Derek
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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