{"id":40195,"date":"2013-04-13T13:21:15","date_gmt":"2013-04-13T17:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=40195"},"modified":"2018-01-18T13:31:56","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T17:31:56","slug":"rolling-greens-culver-city-tillandsia-porn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=40195","title":{"rendered":"Rolling Greens Culver City (tillandsia porn)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><big>A fresh shipment of tillandsias had just arrived when I visited <a href=\"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=28338\">Rolling Greens<\/a> yesterday for their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollinggreensnursery.com\/culvercity.html\">75 percent-off sale<\/a>, which ends today.  Almost all of these little bromeliads were in bloom or about to bloom. Lordy.  <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/rollinggreensapril2013\/P1010002.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1010002.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/rollinggreensapril2013\/P1019996.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1019996.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Like agaves, most tillandsias are monocarpic.  After blooming the main plant dies, but will leave behind &#8220;pups.&#8221;<br \/>\nThe blooms do last for months though.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/rollinggreensapril2013\/P1019989.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1019989.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/rollinggreensapril2013\/P1019999.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1019999.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chartreuse tillandsias. Who knew? All mine are silver.  The bright leaf color on some of these might be an effect of the plant going into bloom.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/rollinggreensapril2013\/P1019990.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1019990.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"http:\/\/www.airplant.com\/bromeliadtips.html\">wholesale grower<\/a> of tillandsias has advice for their care.<br \/>\nI think I need to thoroughly drench mine more often, instead of the scattershot misting method I use.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/rollinggreensapril2013\/P1019998.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1019998.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/rollinggreensapril2013\/P1019995-1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1019995-1.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I tried my best to stay out of the way as she selected tillandsias and then carried them in flats to work with at the floral worktable.<br \/>\nBut I hovered here for quite a while.   <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/rollinggreensapril2013\/P1010013.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1010013.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/rollinggreensapril2013\/P1010011.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1010011.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>How she could make a sober, cool-headed selection out of this stunning array, I have no idea.  Guess that&#8217;s why she&#8217;s the professional.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/rollinggreensapril2013\/P1010014.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1010014.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>None of them were labeled as to species.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rainforestflora.com\/tillandsia\/species\/\">Rainforest Flora<\/a> has a helpful tillandsia identification page, but I couldn&#8217;t positively ID any of these.  I can see another reference book is needed in the library. <\/p>\n<p><\/big><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fresh shipment of tillandsias had just arrived when I visited Rolling Greens yesterday for their 75 percent-off sale, which ends today. Almost all of these little bromeliads were in bloom or about to bloom. Lordy. 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