Tropical Rainforest Plant: Tillandsia cyanea, Flowers

Passmoore, Works Of Alexander & I.V.

The Botanic Garden. Part II., by Erasmus Darwin: "Nature has many other curious vegetable contrivances for the dispersion of seeds... But perhaps none of them has more the appearance of design than the admirable apparatus of Tillandsia for this purpose. This plant grows on the branches of trees, like the misleto, and never on the ground; the seeds are furnished with many long threads on their crowns; which, as they are driven forwards by the winds, wrap round the arms of trees, and thus hold them fast till they vegetate. This it very analogous to the migration of Spiders on the gossamer, who are said to attach themselves to the end of a long thread, and rise thus to the tops of trees or buildings, as the accidental breezes carry them." Series Description: Often, men send flowers to me; sometimes, flower delivery is courtesy of my son on birthdays & holidays; rarely, I'll drop into the florist myself. But flower shops pale in comparison to open fields blooming on their own. Regardless of source, I consider flowers to be the premier gift for women. See also the Orchid, Cymbidium and Florist - Santa Monica series.