Bromeliaceae
Bulbous airplant
Tillandsia bulbosa
- Family
- Bromeliaceae
- Genus
- Tillandsia
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 珠芽铁兰
- English
- Bulbous airplant
Synonyms
- Platystachys bulbosa (Hook.) Beer
- Platystachys erythraea (Lindl. & Paxton) Beer
- Platystachys erythraea Beer
- Pourretia hanisiana E.Morren
- Tillandsia bulbosa f. alba Takiz.
- Tillandsia bulbosa var. brasiliensis Schult. & Schult.f.
- Tillandsia bulbosa var. picta Hook.
- Tillandsia erythraea Lindl. & Paxton
- Tillandsia pumila Lindl. & Paxton
- Tillandsia pumila Griseb.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
Photo: Bocabroms, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Maarten Sepp, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Maarten Sepp, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Maarten Sepp, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Scott Zona from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bocabroms, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.