Air Plants

[Kaleem]

A plant that attracts the attention of admirers always because of its unique growing style . These are care free plants and increase the beauty of garden. Here is my little collection.

[Mustansir Billah]

Amazing Plant. Is it available locally? How much it will cost?

[Kaleem]

These are not available in any nursery of Islamabad and Lahore but may be available in Karachi. I have four varieties and these are from Singapore. One of my friend has two varieties and he offers these at a reasonable price.

[Izhar]

available in Karachi in nurseries at Korangi road... very easy plants in Karachi...

[khabbab]

Wonderful. Do they flower?

[Syed Adnan]

Nice, do they need shade , you put them under green cloth, what is their scientific name ? How they survive in wild , native of some rain forests probably.

[M Farooq]

Their generic name is Tilandsia. We discused them at length before. They grow on trees but in domestic environment they root with difficulty. Mine just died a week ago after struggling with weird indoor weather and lack of humidity.

[Syed Adnan]

Just googled and found that:

"a plant may take 5 to 20 years to mature and a 50 year old clump may be only 20cm across"

[Kaleem]

Thank you Adnan sb for the precious information.
Khubab sb
Yes this plant give blooms, here is an attachment.
One of my has this plant and and asking for Rs:1500 for the whole clump. I think its very cheap if we compare its size with price.

[M Farooq]

This is a really beautiful air-plant. What a unique flower shape! How did they make it bloom?

By chance, I see purple orchids in the right corner. The flower looks almost identical to the "Ground orchid" whose ID you were interested in another post. Are the leaves same?