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Reflexed airplant

Tillandsia baileyi

Also called Bailey's Ballmoss

Reflexed airplant
Photo: Michael Wolf (Webseite), CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Bromeliaceae (Pineapple family)
Grows as
Epiphyte
Native range
SE. Texas to Mexico (Tamaulipas, Oaxaca)
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Tillandsia baileyi, commonly known as the reflexed airplant or Bailey's ball moss, is a species of bromeliad that is native to southern Texas in the United States and Tamaulipas in Mexico. It is found along the Gulf of Mexico from Kingsville, Texas to Tampico, Tamaulipas. Preferred host plants for this epiphyte include southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) and Texas ebony (Ebenopsis ebano).

Other Tillandsia plants

Tillandsia abbreviata · Tillandsia achyrostachys · Tillandsia acuminata · Tillandsia adamsii · Tillandsia adpressiflora · Tillandsia aequatorialis · Tillandsia aeranthos · Tillandsia afonsoana · Tillandsia aguascalientensis · Tillandsia aizoides · Tillandsia albertiana · Tillandsia albida

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tillandsia baileyi by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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