Cactus Blog

It’s always interesting and exciting to find new places to stick and airplant. Like on a log!

Tillandsia paucifolia “Guatemala”

Or in a handmade hanging ceramic tillandsia holder:

Tillandsia ionantha rubra

And finally you can leave behind all the stuff and just admire the beauty of the airplant:

Tillandsia harrissii clump

Our latest addition to our airplant collection is the beautiful and expensive Tillandsia mauryana. I wonder who this Maury was that this species was named after? The species is from Mexico and was discovered, and thus named, by L.B. Smith. Maybe it was named after L.B.’s father? Maury Smith?

Here’s a link to an official sample by L.B. Smith from 1937 in the collection of the National Herbarium of the United States National Museum.

L.B. also discovered and named Begonia foliosa var. miniata which is a very pretty hardy landscape begonia with small leaves. Annie’s sometimes grows it.

It had to happen. We’ve run out of posts for this new holiday I invented, Tillandsia Weekend, so it’s a good thing it’s Sunday.

Tillandsia stricta “Silver Star” is the last one. THE LAST ONE! Clearly I saved the best one for last. You can thank me now, or come by the store and buy them all. Every last one of them. I would appreciate it if you did. I would.

OMG it’s already Sunday and it’s still Tillandsia Weekend around here at the Cactus Blog.

Tillandsia kolbii is GORGEOUS! Pretty little thing. Still not as popular though as T. ionantha “Guatemala” which is similar looking but WAY more popular. LULZ!

I think I’m getting giddy from all these Airplants this weekend. GIDDY! ROTFL!

Today is the 2nd day of our Tillandsia Weekend Holiday, so that makes it Tillandsia Saturday.

Tillandsia aeranthos x bergeri is a hybrid between two very different species. Can you guess what those two species are? I knew you could.

Tillandsia butzii is very unusual and striped and bulbous. These are much larger than what we usually have available.

I declare today to be the first day of a three day holiday to be known henceforth as Tillandsia Weekend. Come celebrate with me.

First up is a bloomer. Tillandsia tenuifolia “Blue”. This is an easy one to grow and easy to get to bloom and its inexpensive too, so this would qualify as a starter Airplant. On the other hand the plant isn’t as pretty or unusual as some others. So that’s the choice you have to make.

I have finally gotten it all together and we now have a page for Airplants for the Bay Area.

Airplant Terrarium

It’s not a very complete page yet since I have lots of photos to take. It could take awhile to get the rest of the tillandsias photographed.

Tillandsia utriculata v. “Prengelii”

It may be a very rainy day today, but we’re here for you. Today and tomorrow we are staying open all the way to 5pm. Because we care.

These Airplant Terrariums have been very popular this year. So here’s more!

Continuing yesterdays theme, here are 2 more terrariums with airplants for your consideration.

Tillandsia fuchsii v. gracilis and I see we have a little bit of Reindeer Moss and some lovely rocks. Plus is that a shell i see? It is!

Tillandsia neglecta in a bit of a washed-out photo. Plus some white gravel as a base. And a couple fancy shells. We love shells! To be honest, we found a really good deal on shells last year but that meant to meet their minimum order we had to buy a LOT of shells. Shells for everyone!

We are really full up with airplants and terrariums of all kinds.

Tillandsia bulbosa

Tillandsia xerographica

Tillandsia xerographica x brachycaulis

Tillandsia tenuifolia “Blue”

Tillandsia stricta “Pink-Bronze”

Tillandsia ionantha “Mex”

Tillandsia butzii

We carry a lot of Air Plants at the nursery. So many that it was too many to fit on our cactus and succulent page on the website. So we have no listings of them at all. I think maybe I should get together a page beyond the terrarium page which has some airplants listed. I am putting that on my list right now.

But in the meantime here are some pretty pictures to enjoy.

Tillandsia cacticola

Tillandsia velutina

Tillandsia utriculata v. prengelii

Tillandsia x “Houston”

I think this one is also T. velutina but I forgot to check first.

We’ve have been so busy making terrariums for everyone. Remember that Terrarium Wall I posted? There’s more.

That’s a Kalanchoe in there. Is there enough soil for the plant to survive? Yes! There is enough. And a little bit of charcoal at the bottom too. But be careful not to overwater.

Check out our ad in the Sunday SF Chronicle tomorrow with even more terrariums. I suspect it’s in the garden section, but then you never know with the chronicle.

Tillandsias are the easiest way to go for sure, and the airplants are very reliable too.

That’s a nice one. It has a frog! And not just any frog but a red tree frog, Litoria rubella.

In case you haven’t figured it out, we are the one stop shop for all things terrariums.

Rikki has put the finishing touches on our new Terrarium Wall.

That’s a lot of Airplants. Nice!

Tillandsia duratii “Curly” lives up to its name. These are awesome.

The baby is in a nest of Tillandsia usnoides! Awwww, so cute!

Go baby… Go baby…

So here we have the perfect example of our own sheer madness. It’s a Polar Bear Salt Shaker SnoGlobe from Gamago that we’ve gone ahead and turned into a Terrarium.

That’s nuts. I do not approve. Someone should take the store away from us before we do real harm.

By the way, that’s a Tillandsia neglecta in there, should you have taken an interest in the stuff that we do.

In case that wasn’t enough to turn your stomach, here’s the Polar Bear Pepper Shaker SnoGlobe Terrarium version for your edificationary substantive productional edutainment. The airplant in that there one is a Tillandsia ionantha “Peach”.

Please don’t tell my mom.