It's Summer and the Tillandsia Airplants are all in bloom!
From a long forgotten tome of wildflowers and grasses from the mid-1950s, we're proud to present this charming American Wildflower classic; the beautiful 'Tiilandsia fasicicular'' commonly known as the Airplant Tillandia.
Tillandsia is a genus of around 540 species in the Bromeliad family (Bromeliaceae), found in the forests, mountains, and deserts, of Central and South America, and Mexico and the southern regions of the United States.
The thinner-leafed varieties grow in rainy areas and the thick-leafed varieties in areas more subject to drought. Moisture and nutrients are gathered from the air (dust, decaying leaves and insect matter) through structures on the leaves called trichomes.
Tillandsia species are epiphytes (also called aerophytes or air plants) because they normally grow without soil while attached to other plants). Epiphytes are not parasitic, depending on the host only for support.
This is double-sided floral illustration; the Aquatic Pickerel Weed is shown on the reverse. You might be facing a tough choice deciding which of these lovely botanical prints you wish to frame.
A delightful 8.5" x 11.5" mid-century vintage botanical litho printed on a heavy matte finished paper and is every bit as smooth and flat as the day it was printed over half a century ago. Tucked into a simple frame, these sweet vintage floral prints add just the right touch of cottage charm to any decor.
There are several more lovely vintage botanical prints in this charming series that I'll be listing in weeks to come, so please stay tuned. If there is a particular wildflower you are seeking, please contact me as I might have it. Give me a shout and I'll reserve it for you.
Matted, framed, and displayed as a gallery grouping, these wonderful vintage botanical prints are simply spectacular. (Please note that the framed examples in the last photo are just to show how this might look when it's framed. Your print will come to you unmatted and unframed.)
Surrender Dorothy offers a non-stop jaw-dropping cornucopia of frame-worthy antique and vintage prints, drawings, sketches, plans, lithos, engravings, posters, maps, charts, and illustrations of all kinds to adorn every room in your happy home. Terrific finds to gussy up your workplace too.
Our entire inventory moves in and out of here very quickly and fresh selections are added each day, Please be sure to bookmark our shop and check back to visit us often so you don't miss our latest discoveries.
I'll send this to you First Class Mail by way of those nice folks at the USPS packed flat and protected in a rigid mailer.
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