RHH's photos with the keyword: tillandsia

Tillandsia cyanea photographed at Manito City Park in Spokane. Tillandia cyanea is a Bromeliad a family for plant from the Americas many of which grow in trees but are not parasites.

Unfortunately this plant only opens one flower at a time. In Explore May 13, 2009, #376.

In Explore June 1, 2009, #128. I posted an earlier closeup of one flower - this is a shot of the whole flower spike with one flower fully open and one starting to go by.

This small but colorful Bromeliad is sometimes referred to as the "Sky Plant." It is epiphytic and grows on the branches of trees using them for support but getting it's nourishment from the rain and debris that falls from the tree. The plant is green but the center turns red just before blooming as is the case with many Bromeliads.

Photographed in the Gaiser Conservatory at Manito City Park, Spokane.