by Lisa Steinkopf | Jun 11, 2019 | #TuesdayTidbits, Houseplant Care, Houseplant Help, Houseplant Profile, Tillandsias
I recently did a presentation on light and houseplants. I told the audience that all tillandsias need very bright light. A young man, Raymond Carter, @mustybooks on Instagram, pointed out to me that many of the greener, smoother leaved tillandsias need less light than... 
by Lisa Steinkopf | Nov 9, 2016 | BLOG, Bromeliads, Conservatory, Houseplant Flowers, Houseplant Profile, Public Gardens
For a couple of years now I have attended the Southeast Michigan Bromeliad Society show and sale at Matthaei Botanical Gardens. The color and diversity of these plants is not to be believed! I love them all, but am always drawn to the neoregelias... 
by Lisa Steinkopf | Dec 2, 2015 | BLOG, Conservatory, Ferns, Foliage Houseplants, Houseplant Profile
I have to say, I am fascinated by epiphytes. It is so amazing to me that plants can grow without soil. I’ve always loved the stag horn ferns (Platycerium), but was truly taken by the oakleaf fern (Drynaria quercifolia). I’ve seen them in two... 
by Lisa Steinkopf | Nov 7, 2015 | BLOG, Houseplant Profile
You’ll never know how disappointed I was to go to South Carolina and not see any Spanish moss. When we visited, Hurricane Hugo had recently ravaged the south. Where did all the Spanish moss go? It was blown away. All the trees were bare, and it was so...
