Medusa Air Plant Dying

Air plants in glass globes have become so popular that i get calls all the time about caring for them.

Medusa air plant dying.

Follow these simple instruction to enjoy your glass surrounded plant for many years. Growing plants is always an experiment. The growth starts as a swelling at the end of an arm and rapidly grows its own caudex and arms. The epiphytic tillandsia caput medusae is an easy care indoor plant as long as you pay attention to its unorthodox needs.

This species is a flowering air plant from the bromeliads family and is one of the most popular of the tillandsia genus. The three primary requirements of air plants are air water and light. How to rescue dying tillandsia. Tillandsia caput medusae air plant how to care it grows without a substrate and its snake shaped leaves bring an exotic flair to living rooms.

If you are looking for glass globes find many unique designs in our shop. The caput medusae is a very strange looking specimen that is unlike many indoor plants in looks and how it s grown. The first step is to give your sick air plant an overnight soak. In their natural habitat they grow on trees epiphyte with a very small amount of roots which help the plant to become established rather than feed or.

This video shows naturally dying plants sun burned plants and plants that did not dry after watering. An air plant develops soft curled shriveled leaves when devoid of water for too long. The next morning shake it off and put back in place. Your air plants may be dying because of lack of sunshine.

What does it look like when an air plant is dying or dead. June 14 2018 at 9 52 pm. If you need a refresher on watering here is what i wrote in my all about air plants article. If however any portion of the leaves retains the plant s living color then revival remains possible.

But don t give up. The little direct sun will also work amazingly preferably the morning sun. To keep a tillandsia well hydrated soak the plant in a bowl of warm water for an hour every week during the summer decreasing to once every three weeks during the winter months some people find that a 10 minute soak is enough so watch your plant closely to determine its particular needs. Bright filtered and indirect light about 3 5 feet from the window is perfect for indoor air plants.

Yes rot caused by water accumulating in the air plant and lack of sunlight are two common causes of air plants dying. On brighter subjects medusa s head makes an exceptional container plant and it can also be put into gardens so long as it is protected from freezes.