Anyone keep air plants ?

[John1982]

Oh gosh, the poor baby, LOL

Maybe its in hibernation now ?

Maybe its a fake one. I was at Hobby Lobby the other day and was blown away how REAL those fake ones looked. You could always give it some water , let it dry well, and see if it "wakes up"

They'll get blown down from the trees when we get high winds and rain. Picked this one up in my yard. Not fake but maybe it was already dead when I brought it inside - hence the no change with 0 care, haha.

[zina10]

I took my daughter to the New York Botanical Gardens this weekend for their Orchid Show (AP Biology project).

If you ever are in the vicinity of NYC you should check it out. They have an beautiful assortment of air plants (and they are right next to the Bronx Zoo).

That is amazing !!! I would love to see it. And go to the zoo. I need a vacation !!

[zina10]

They'll get blown down from the trees when we get high winds and rain. Picked this one up in my yard. Not fake but maybe it was already dead when I brought it inside - hence the no change with 0 care, haha.

It may hang on to a shred of life due to humidity, LOL.

You could always just throw it in some water for an hour and dry it upside down for another. Who knows, it may come back! LOL

I wish we had them hanging on trees, too.

[Prognathodon]

so pretty! i wanna get into this and succulents.

I’ve got a bunch of succulents in my office, with a couple that have colonized another cubicle. They’re pretty easy, mine get watered once a week, occasionally every other week. They’ve mostly come from the local big-box store.

This is my main colony, on a modified Ikea shelf with an LED aquarium light on a timer (the black thing along the edge of the upper shelf is the light hood, keeping glare out of my eyes).

And my windowsill group (yes, there is one deceased in the right-hand window, but the farthest left pot is still hanging on).

[zina10]

so pretty! i wanna get into this and succulents. the pet shop next door sells them for reptile enclosure and vivarium/terrarium decor (i guess b/c it's in the reptile section).



so is bi-weekly like A) twice a week or B) every other week/every 2 weeks?


PiesLover79? i love her arts and craft!

Oops, I missed your post


I sort of go by the plants, you can tell if they start being dry, they curl more. But I learned the hard way that to much watering is far worse then to little. I used to soak them once the week, now I do it once every 2 weeks or so. In winter I even waited 3 weeks in between. They were fine. The drying is the most important part. Well, and it helps to have chlorine free water.

I just leave my water standing in the tub for a day or two before soaking the plants, our water plant uses chlorine so it dissipates after a few hours.

Make sure you soak in the early part of the day, so they can dry completely before night time. Always shake them out well but gently, and dry them upside down for at least 2 hours or so. Then shake one more time gently and put them back up.

They need good light, but not direct sunlight to where they heat up like crazy. Artificial light is just fine, too.

They are really fun because you can be so creative with them.

Yes, pied lover made this container for me, I love it !!!

edited to say, I would not buy any "mounted" ones, unless its a mounting that can be unhooked. The ones that are glued to something are harder to take care off. You can't really soak them well, all you can do is mist them, and then you cannot dry them upside down.

Sure, they grow attached to all kinds of things "in the wild" and don't get to dry upside down. But out there you have different conditions then in a home. They grow in a way that simply works for the location they are in. There are also factors such as wind etc to help dry them. In a house you always want to make sure they get a good soak and a better dry

Other then that, its so easy. They have gorgeous blooms if you get them to bloom. Then they have many "pups" that grow along the adult plant. The adult plant finally dies, but its at a point where the pups are big enough to simply have taken the place of the parent plant.

[zina10]

I’ve got a bunch of succulents in my office, with a couple that have colonized another cubicle. They’re pretty easy, mine get watered once a week, occasionally every other week. They’ve mostly come from the local big-box store.

This is my main colony, on a modified Ikea shelf with an LED aquarium light on a timer (the black thing along the edge of the upper shelf is the light hood, keeping glare out of my eyes).

And my windowsill group (yes, there is one deceased in the right-hand window, but the farthest left pot is still hanging on).

Beautiful