Tillandsia and More

One of the gifted plants that I received from a local Epiphyllum friend was a Tillandsia aka air plant. I don't know the species, but since it didn't need a pot or much space, I let it hang out in the green house since I acquired it. It has been growing rather quickly. What's more is that today it began blooming. It's a cute little thing with a single flower spike. I suspect that with warmer weather, that this little plant is going to explode with growth. We will see.

The Epiphyllums that I attempted to root will be investigated today. They'll either be moved to a more soily substrate or need a recutting so that I can try to root them again. Doing all of this now will hopefully mean that by Spring I can plant them into some containers that I bought for the cinder block wall behind my house. I think they'll get the right amount of sunlight there.

I updated on the Passiflora in the greenhouse in my last post. But I failed to mention that I began some P. membranacea and P. cirrhiflora cuttings in the cloner. They're in the garage with a LED grow light on them. Last time, they were in the greenhouse with all of the other cuttings, and when they were, P. cirrhiflora took root and P. membranacea quickly died. I checked on the cuttings today in the garage and the P. cirrhiflora cuttings were all expired while there were little roots appearing on P. membranacea. The most significant factor is evidently heat. I've determined that P. cirrhiflora likes approximately 80°F water/air and P. membranacea likes approximately 65°F water/air. When one considers the normal growing environment for both species, the correlation isn't difficult to understand. Hopefully the new P. membranacea cuttings will take once I pot them. And, hopefully I can generate some more P. cirrhiflora cuttings in the greenhouse when the weather warms up a bit more.