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Cardinal Airplant (Tillandsia fasciculata)

Photographed the Cardinal Airplant growing on the trunk of a Live Oak Tree found in the Boyd Hill Nature Reserve in the City pf St. Petersburg in Pinellas County Florida U.S.A.

 

Tillandsia fasciculata, commonly known as the Giant

Airplant, Giant Wild Pine, or Cardinal Airplant, is a species of bromeliad that is native to Florida. Within the United States this Airplant is at risk of extirpation from the Mexican Bromeliad Weevil, Metamasius callizona. A related plant, Tillandsia utriculata, sometimes called the "wild pine", is endemic to the same areas.

 

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Uploaded on April 19, 2025
Taken on March 20, 2015