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Tillandsia caput-medusae
About
Tillandsia caput-medusae is a species of flowering plant in the bromeliad family, Bromeliaceae, subfamily Tillandsioideae. Common names include octopus plant and medusa's head. An epiphyte native to Central America and Mexico, T. caput-medusae is a commonly cultivated bromeliad species. The thick, channeled, tapering and twisting leaves are up to 25 cm (9.8 in) long and are covered in fine gray hairs. The rosette of leaves arise from an inflated pseudobulb. Pups are produced after blooming, as is usual with most Tillandsia species.
- Family
- Bromeliaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Tillandsia caput-medusae
- Slug
- tillandsia-caput-medusae
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Bromeliaceae
- Genus
- Tillandsia
- Species
- caput-medusae
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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