Tillandsia bergeri
Tillandsia bergeri is a robust, vigorous species from southeastern Brazil. It was described by John Gilbert Baker in 1887.
The name "bergeri" honors the French botanist Alwin Berger, who specialized in succulent plants and bromeliads.
Characteristics:
Tillandsia bergeri forms compact to loose rosettes with strong, silvery-gray, slightly curved leaves. The plants grow offset and quickly form larger clumps. The flowers usually appear in spring to early summer and display bluish-purple tubular flowers with reddish bracts. It is considered one of the reliably blooming species.
Care Instructions:
Light: Very bright to full sun; direct sunlight is also well tolerated.
Water: Spray thoroughly 2–4 times a week or occasionally soak. Afterward, allow to dry completely.
Humidity: Medium to high; good air circulation is important.
Fertilizer: We recommend using our special tillandsia or orchid fertilizer in diluted form 1–2 times a month in spring and summer.
Temperature: 10–30 °C; very cold-resistant – can briefly tolerate down to 0 °C frost-free.
Note: Very easy to care for, fast-growing and ideal for beginners. Also well-suited for outdoor cultivation in summer. Often forms large, attractive clumps.
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.
