What are tiny tillandsias? Why use them in your indoor corporate offices Waltham, MA

1. Tillandsias are: epiphytes and need no soil because water and nutrients are absorbed through the leaves. 

2.The roots are used as anchors only. Reproduction is by seeds or by offsets called "pups". A single plant could have up to a dozen pups.

3. Indoor arrangement of six Tillandsiaplants mounted on a log section.

4. Although not normally cultivated for their flowers, some Tillandsia will bloom on a regular basis. In addition, it is quite common for some species to take on a different leaf colour (usually changing from green to red) when about to flower. This is an indication that the plant is monocarpic (flowers once before dying) but offsets around the flowering plant will continue to thrive.

5. Temperature is not critical, the range being from 32°C down to 10°C. They are sensitive to frost, except for the hardiest species, T. usneoides, which can tolerate night-time frosts down to about -10°C.

6. Tillandsia is a primary ingredient in an herbal supplement to treat pollen allergies.

7. The plant genus Tillandsia, a member of the Bromeliad family (Bromeliaceae), is found in thedeserts, forests and mountains of Central and South America, and Mexico and the southernUnited States in North America.

8. The thinner-leafed varieties grow in rainy areas and the thick-leafed varieties in areas more subject to drought. Moisture and nutrients are gathered from the air (dust, decaying leaves and insect matter) through structures on the leaves called trichomes.

9. Tillandsia species are epiphytes (also called aerophytes or air plants) – ie they normally grow without soil while attached to other plants). Epiphytes are not parasitic, depending on the host only for support.

10.The genus Tillandsia was named by Carolus Linnaeus after the Swedish physician and botanist Dr. Elias Tillandz (originally Tillander) (1640-1693).

Plantscape Designs Inc. currently uses these tiny bromeliads to enhance the monthly orchid gardens that we create and deliver for our hundreds of corporate interiorscape clients in Waltham, MA

Unsightly interior plants in your office workplace , Burlington, MA

1. Unsightly interior plants in your office work place, such as the above, can make your interiorscape appear unsuccessful looking. Corporate offices need to be tidy, clean, utilitarian and a pleasant environment for your employees as well as for clients that may visit your office. The above photo was taken of plants cared for by the employees of that company. PDI took charge of this clients plants and replaced them with new ones and with guaranteed weekly maintenance.

2. A future clients' first impressions of your corporate company's successful and profitable image is one of the most important selling points of any business.

3. The above unkempt green plants photo has a messy and uncaring image for any new potential customer walking in your office or retail store. You need a caring and competent interior plant service such Plantscape Designs Inc. to solve your botanical problems and keep your office attractive, clean, healthy and welcoming.

4. Plantscape Designs Inc. has taken many of these situations, as illustrated above, and provided weekly attentive care of your office plants, enhancing your interior office work place. Remember green plants also help keep the air quality of your office pollution free.