Tillandsia are relatively inexpensive, adaptable plants that tolerate a wide range of environmental conditions.

Air plants are kooky. They don't need soil and are mostly fuss-free. However, caring for them in winter means perfecting the ...

Question: My family and friends long ago learned they will receive plants from me to mark special occasions, holidays, and the like. Having gifted these gardeners by choice or by accident with a ...

It wasn’t as if Paul Isley started out interested in air plants. After all, he was an Economics major at UCLA when he was introduced to tillandsias by a herpetologist friend. Because Isley loves ...

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Air plants are fascinating. They don’t need soil to grow in, they ‘feed’ through their leaves and their roots are simply there to anchor the plant. The largest group are probably Tillandsia; members ...

All currently known taxa of Tillandsia subgenus Diaphoranthema have been studied and treated in a taxonomic revision and other papers. Six groups of species ("aggregates"), distinguished by floral ...

Studies of the Bromeliaceae have led to a reevaluation of the four-taxa Tillandsia adpressa André assemblage. Herbarium research and field studies show that three of the taxa in the assemblage should ...

The Tillandsia Garden Club, which is in its 76th year, recently donated a bench for a garden at Tomoka State Park. Club members donated $2,000 for the bench and they also planted trees and worked on ...

Air plants—also known by their botanical name, Tillandsia—are some of the most unique houseplants you can grow. Both modern and futuristic in appearance, these epiphytes truly defy the rules of ...