Tillandsia baileyi

Tillandsia baileyi, commonly known as the reflexed airplant^[4] or Bailey's ball moss, is a species of bromeliad that is native to southern Texas in the United States and Tamaulipas in Mexico. It is found along the Gulf of Mexico from Kingsville, Texas to Tampico, Tamaulipas. Preferred host plants for this epiphyte include Southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) and Texas ebony (Ebenopsis ebano).^[5]

Tillandsia baileyi
Conservation status
Imperiled  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Bromeliaceae
Genus:	Tillandsia
Subgenus:	Tillandsia subg. Tillandsia
Species:	T. baileyi
Binomial name
Tillandsia baileyi Rose ex Small[2][3]

Cultivars

• Tillandsia 'Borumba' (T. baileyi 'Texas' × T. 'Druid')
• Tillandsia 'Califano' (T. baileyi × T. ionantha)
• Tillandsia 'Festubail' (T. festucoides × T. baileyi)
• Tillandsia 'Halley's Comet'
• Tillandsia 'Kanyan' (T. intermedia × T. baileyi)
• Tillandsia 'Mark Aldridge' (T. baileyi × T. capitata 'Maroon')
• Tillandsia 'Rosalie Mavrikas' (T. baileyi × T. schiediana)
• Tillandsia 'Tiaro' (T. baileyi × T. seleriana)
• Tillandsia 'Veronica Orozco' (T. baileyi × T. caput-medusae)
• Tillandsia 'Wallu' (T. baileyi × T. achyrostachys?)^[6]

See also

• Vernon Orlando Bailey