The "bulb"-type tillandsias are usually shaped that way to benefit ants (myrmecophytic), getting protection from pests in return. The bulb shape and the long, tubular leaves make sort of a pre-fab ant-farm. The bulb doesn't do much as far as water or nutrient storage, but serves more as a barracks. -Dave On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 9:12 AM, Carlo A. Balistrieri <carlobal@netzero.com>wrote: > Ahh, Dennis, you've hit upon one of my loves. I have had upwards of 30 or > so species (there are many more) and grow them, for the most part, just > laying around under the lights. There are a couple other good sources for > plants and a book or two (in storage at the moment--sorry). My favorites are > the little guys--and the aforementioned blobs. > > Carlo > > > > 2 6 2 . 4 9 0 . 6 1 6 3 > New York NJ Philadelphia > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > -- "I *hate* this place. This *zoo*. This *prison*...I can't stand it any longer. It's the smell...I feel saturated by it. I can taste your stink and every time I do, I fear that I've somehow been infected by it." - Agent Smith