Reflexed airplant facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Reflexed airplant |
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Conservation status | |
Imperiled (NatureServe) |
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Scientific classification | |
Genus: |
Tillandsia
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Species: |
baileyi
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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).
Cultivars
- Tillandsia 'Borumba' (T. baileyi 'Texas' × T. 'Druid')
- Tillandsia 'Califano' (T. baileyi × T. ionantha)
- Tillandsia 'Festubail' (T. festucoides × T. baileyi)
- Tillandsia 'Halley's Comet'
- Tillandsia 'Kanyan' (T. intermedia × T. baileyi)
- Tillandsia 'Mark Aldridge' (T. baileyi × T. capitata 'Maroon')
- Tillandsia 'Rosalie Mavrikas' (T. baileyi × T. schiediana)
- Tillandsia 'Tiaro' (T. baileyi × T. seleriana)
- Tillandsia 'Veronica Orozco' (T. baileyi × T. caput-medusae)
- Tillandsia 'Wallu' (T. baileyi × T. achyrostachys?)
See also
In Spanish: Tillandsia baileyi para niños
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