Tillandsia albertiana Pulk on cork
Tillandsia albertiana is a compact, epiphytic bromeliad from the humid mountain regions of northern Argentina.
It was named and described by botanist Lyman B. Smith in 1981. The name honors Alberto Castellanos, an Argentine botanist.
Characteristics:
It forms dense rosettes with fleshy, reddish-green leaves. The strikingly bright red to carmine red, tubular flowers often appear multiple times a year.
Care instructions:
Light: Bright to partially shaded, no direct midday sun.
Water: Spray with low-calcium water 3–5 times a week or briefly soak. Allow to dry well afterwards.
Humidity: High (at least 50%), with good air circulation.
Fertilizer: In spring and summer, 1–2 times a month with our special Tillandsia or orchid fertilizer in diluted form.
Temperature: Optimal 18–28 °C, can be cooler for short periods but frost-free.
Note: Does not require substrate – well suited for wood pieces, stones, or decorative holders.
Our greenhouses are equipped with modern energy screens and double glazing to efficiently save on heating costs. Additionally, we collect rainwater over the entire roof area of 9,000 square meters and use only this water to irrigate all our crops. We collect the rainwater in underground tanks with a total volume of 600,000 liters.
Since 2007, we have been heating our entire operation with a fully automated 850 kW wood chip heating system and a 100,000-liter buffer storage tank. Environmentally friendly and CO2-neutral. Only to support during very cold winter days and nights is a conventional oil heating system available.
Since 2014, the heating has been supported by a solar thermal system with an annual yield of about 20 megawatt-hours.
In 2020, we installed a photovoltaic system with 30 kW peak and have been producing more green electricity per year than our entire operation requires.
Since 2021, we use exclusively pots for our self-produced plants that are not only 100% recyclable but are also entirely made from recycled pots. To this end, we collect all used pots that arise in our operation and have them picked up in big bags by our pot supplier Göttinger. There, the pots are cleaned and processed in a water-free recycling facility into new pots that come back to us.
