Tillandsia filifolia (extra-large)
Tillandsia filifolia is a delicate, grass-like species from Mexico and Central America. It was described by John Gilbert Baker in 1868.
The name "filifolia" means "thread-leaved" and refers to the very narrow, wiry leaves of this elegant Tillandsia. It is one of the more unusually growing species with particularly fine structure.
Features:
Tillandsia filifolia forms a rounded, loose rosette with many thin, hair-like leaves that can be green to grayish. The inflorescence is branched, delicate, and bears small violet to lavender tubular flowers. The bracts are often tinged green to reddish. After flowering, it produces several offsets and grows relatively slowly.
Care Instructions:
Light: Bright to semi-shady – no direct midday sun, sensitive to drying out in strong sunlight.
Water: Spray finely 2–4 times a week, occasionally soak. High humidity is more important than heavy watering.
Humidity: High (60–80%) – ideal for display cases, greenhouses, or protected humid locations.
Fertilizer: In spring and summer, 1–2 times a month with our special Tillandsia or orchid fertilizer in diluted form.
Temperature: 18–28 °C, no temperatures below 12 °C – warmth-loving and humidity-dependent.
Note: Due to its delicate structure and fine leaves, it is ideal for protected presentations. Particularly well-suited for display case culture or humid indoor environments – sensitive to dryness and direct sunlight.
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.
