I am worried about the health of this air plant
By Doodle
I am worried about the health of these air plants.
Picture one: I have a feeling that it is dead or dying, because the bottom is a light brown and the leaves keep going brown at the tips. I trimmed away the brown areas but it is slowly happening again. Also, there is a red splotch on one of the sides, I don't think it is blooming, but I am concerned about this. I water it once a week and it sits on gravel in a small glass container, but before this it was in the container that it came with (I've had it since February) which was a black ceramic oval shape, but sadly it broke!
Picture 2: The larger plant of the two is very new, I bought it from Terra yesterday. It seems healthy, but I am not sure about the pattern on the leaves, and if this is normal or an indication of the plant dying. There are dark purple stripes all over it.
Thanks!
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Tillandsia
24 May, 2015
Answers
They both look absolutely fine to me.
I'd be giving them a good mist over twice a week in spring and summer, once in autumn and winter
24 May, 2015
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The newer one looks ok, older one perhaps not. As far as watering, once a week, I let mine ( when I had them) soak in a bowl of water- from the faucet which sat for a couple of days in a gallon container- for about ten minutes and then shook all the water off and let them dry on a paper towel for a couple of hours then set them back in their containers. Mine were seashells.
24 May, 2015