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Bromeliaceae
Ball-moss
Tillandsia recurvata
Also known as Air plant, Ball tillandsia, Wild pineapple, Tillandsia recurvata f. argentea
Tropical Plants · Indoor Plants · Native Plants · Air Plant · Epiphyte · Bromeliad · Tillandsia · No Soil · Low Maintenance · Terrarium · Hanging Plant · Tropical · Indoor Plant
Ball-moss is a low-maintenance epiphytic bromeliad that absorbs all its water and nutrients directly from the air through its silvery scales, requiring no soil at all. Mist it a few times per week or give it a brief weekly soak, and place it in bright indirect light with good air circulation to keep it healthy. It makes a charming, quirky addition to terrariums, driftwood displays, or hanging arrangements indoors.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Lightly mist foliage until wet or submerge briefly in water for 10-15 minutes; allow to dry fully between waterings · Mist every 3-5 days or soak weekly
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–7
- Temperature
- -25°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 4 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Aruba, Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Cayman Is., Chile North, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, Georgia, Guatemala
- Attracts
- Hummingbirds
Sources: trefle
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