A Plant Addict in Cavite

Remember Paul from my Plant Clinic post?  He and his wife, Michelle, have become avid tillandsia collectors. Michele works at a university with a Centennial Garden and Botanical Park where she happened to find, surprise, surprise, tillandsias.  It turns out that the airplants were being brought there and cared for by Joel N., a consultant of the university's Environmental Resource Management and Campust Development Office and another tillandsia lover.  He invited Michelle and Paul to visit his collection and I invited myself (hehe) and tagged along.

Joel lives south of Metro Manila and to avoid traffic, we decided to visit him on a Sunday.  Here is a quick peek through the grills of Joel's gate.  His plot is filled with plants.

Upon entering, tillandsias line your right hand side.

Tillandsia ionantha

Tillandsia bulbosa

Tillandsia funckiana

  

Tillandsia funckiana about to bloom.

More T. ionantha.

Variegated grass.  I'm not sure what species, Phalaris maybe?

Variegated grass.  Carex sp. (?)

Miniature bloom of an unknown species.  

Pot of aloe.

Bougainvillea bonsai.

Bromeliad beauties.

Hoya flowers.

Orchid sp. (Aerides)

Vanda lamellata.

Myself with Paul and Joel.

Thanks, Joel, for sharing your plants with us.  It is always wonderful when plant lovers show us around their own collections and gardens.  I hope to be able to visit his work in the De La Salle University - Dasmariñas campus Centennial Garden and Botanical Park soon.

Comments

[Mark and Gaz]

And thank you for sharing this too! Didn't realise there's so much plant treasure in Cavite :)

[The Plant Chaser]

Hi Mark. There are a lot of plants for sale in Silang and Tagaytay. Tillandsias are not so common though. I think Joel gets some of his plants from the annual and mid-year shows and also from other collectors.

[hardinars]

How nice...the tillandsias at the entrance were like fireworks welcoming you on the second photo.

[The Plant Chaser]

@hardinars : What a welcome right? Can you imagine if they had all been in bloom? Joel's front yard was really packed with plants.

[Donna]

That second view is really beautiful. I enjoy your tours of plant collector's gardens.

[The Plant Chaser]

@ Donna : I, too, love the tillandsias hanging on display. I enjoy meeting other people and seeing their gardens. Not as fancy as you garden walks but enjoyable still. :-D

[Joel Nartatez]

I'll be going to Davao this weekend I might bring new varieties of Tillandsias, thanks for posting my plants :)

[The Plant Chaser]

@ Joel : This post was long overdue. Thank you again for graciously showing us your plants. I hope you find more interesting plants to show us.

[Stiletto]

A vast array of interesting plants.

[The Plant Chaser]

@ Stiletto: Yes, they are. I wish I could have featured more of them.

[James Missier]

Thank you for visiting my blog & comments.
Truly its amazing to see the airplants and orchids here.
Something that I never seem to get over it - they truly fascinate me and jump start my zeal in getting better at it.

Those airplants looked so aged and in full maturity.
I'm still keeping mine - bought for few months but never seemed to grow.
Any ideas of how to make them grow faster & florish to move fronds?

[Diana]

Very lovely collection. Nice bloom, I can understand now the addiction of collecting this group of plants.

[catmint]

dear Bom, these plants are lovely - I'm so pleased Joel shared his plants with you, and that you shared them with us. I don't think I've seen Tillsandsias flowering before. Such delicate looking plants. And I've never seen orchids like those either. Divine! Such a different look and aesthetic to the Australian plants that I'm currently researching for my next blog post. cheers, cm

[The Plant Chaser]

@ James : Tillandsias are relatively slow growing. You can try using Epiphyte's Delight which is what I use. I'm sorry, what do you mean about the fronds? How to make them produce pups?

@ Diana : I definitely like the way they look.

@ catmint : I'm hoping to visit the botanical garden at the university. It's a relatively young garden and so I'm not sure about the plant variety. For instant variety I will look to your next blog post. ;-P

[Alistair]

I am really fond of those Tillandsias, no chance of them growing outdoors here though. The variegated grass looks very much like Carex evergold.

[Andrea]

That's a lot of tillandsias! About the photo you are asking, i didn't check which one that is, you should have at least told me just the description and not the specific photo ID, as i can't open them simultaneously. Yes I agree with your request!

[The Plant Chaser]

@ Alistair : Someone mentioned a while back, maybe Mark/Gaz, that tillandsias were being sold or were being featured. Maybe they've found some that can adapt, at least to your indoors.

@ Andrea : Oops. Sorry. Thanks though. Photo finish. :-D