Accession Data

Tillandsia bulbosa

Common Name: Dancing Bulb

Family: Bromeliaceae

Country of Origin: Trop. America

Description: This species has ant-domatia. Leaves roll up to form tubes that lead down into the bulb at the base. Ants live in the domatia and provide nutrients as well as protection. Ant domatia have been recorded in roughly 13 different species of Tillandsia including T. bulbosa & T. baileyi.

Accession Data

Accession #: 199200240

Accession Date: 1992-12-31 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 3305

Quantity: 1

Source: Unknown

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: commelinids

Order: Poales

Family: Bromeliaceae

SubFamily: Tillandsioideae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 26 February 2015.
  2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 26 February 2015.
  3. The Ant-Farming Tillandsias at In Defense of Plants. Last accessed on Wednesday, January 18, 2017.
  4. Images #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) by Bocabroms (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons. Last accessed on Wednesday, July 19, 2017.

Images

Tillandsia bulbosa
Tillandsia bulbosa