Tags: 2012, air plants, Bromeliads, Jerry Robinson, Meeting, Season 2012-2013, tillandsias

For our October meeting, Jerry Robinson, co-owner of Rainforest Flora presented Bromeliads for the Home and Garden.

Rainforest offers the greatest variety, the largest number, and the highest quality of Tillandsia in North America and the World (selling over 10,000 of these plants per week!). RFI is also the oldest Tillandsia nursery in America. This business was begun with a passion for Tillandsias and it has expanded to encompass other Bromeliad genera and other plant genera and families as well.

Rainforest Flora, Inc. made a commitment in the early 1980’s to try to become self sufficient in the production of Tillandsias. Since the plants take anywhere from six to twenty years to mature from seeds, this was no small undertaking.

About Tillandsia Air Plants:

Tillandsias are arguably the most interesting, exotic, and fun plants that exist. Air Plants are unique because they don’t need soil to grow. They are easy to grow and make great gifts. What other plants can you think of that can grow and flourish without any soil for the roots (thereby allowing them to be grown in vertical spaces attached to anything…or nothing at all), have such a vast variety of shapes, colors, and sizes, AND be among the most carefree and care-forgiving of any plants on Earth?