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Have you always wanted houseplants, but worried about dirt in the carpets, bugs in the dirt, and just general annoyance when you flood the pot too much, pouring muddy water over your new carpet?
Are you just generally fed up with flowers in your home? Want to break out with a plant that makes your friends go "Huh?"
Low on cash?
Why not grow some air plants!
Are you just generally fed up with flowers in your home? Want to break out with a plant that makes your friends go "Huh?"
Low on cash?
Why not grow some air plants!
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Signing UpStep 1What is an Airplant, and how do I get them?
Air plants, true name Epiphytes, are plants native to warm areas such as Florida and Central America, mainly characterized by the fact that they posses no roots, instead absorbing water and nutrients through their leaves. Contrary to their common name, air plants DO NOT live on air, and some species are aquatic, growing on seaweed.
Air plants do not harm their host, instead using it as support. When attached to trees, they grow root-like tendrils to latch themselves in place, which can be safely broken off if harvesting.
The Genus Tillandsia is the most commonly sold, and the type pictured in this instructable. I suggest starting with one of these.
I bought my air plant at Marfield's, an American garden supply chain, for $4.99. That simple. They can also be purchased online, in greater variety, here.
Air plants do not harm their host, instead using it as support. When attached to trees, they grow root-like tendrils to latch themselves in place, which can be safely broken off if harvesting.
The Genus Tillandsia is the most commonly sold, and the type pictured in this instructable. I suggest starting with one of these.
I bought my air plant at Marfield's, an American garden supply chain, for $4.99. That simple. They can also be purchased online, in greater variety, here.
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Air Plants are exciting and very easy to care for. I have easy care instructions on my site. They do require water and bright light and if you have an air plant that hasn't done a thing except look pretty then first determine that it is alive by soaking for an hour. If it falls apart then it died awhile ago. If it perks up then you can now prod it into bloom. After the bloom dies, it will develop pups or babies. These can be left to "clump" or separated from the mother plant to grow on their own. The plant pictured is one of my favorites and is an easy care plant, just now coming in to bloom. It is called a Brachycoulas Hybrid and has stiff leaves, turns red when budding, and has awesome flowers. Find out more at Air Plant City
What a beautiful plant to put in a home with a lot of white carpeting! How would you propogate this plant?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_fern