You have such a great collection of Air Plants Brad.. In your area do they sell these plants with tags? or do you need to do research? In my area they are sold as air plants and they are all just mixed up in a basket separated by size.
Nice update Brad - I guess I'll be heading out to the greenhouse today and giving this a try, I think I'll separate mine as I have a few pups on mine too and I'm going to keep one in soil and keep the other one out ;)
Having more space and it being cleaner and dryer must feel good. I like your idea of using Spanish Moss to shade your Phals. Seems more natural than shade cloth. Hope your liberated Tillandsia adapts to air growth well.
Hi Brad, It would be nice to know what happened with the Tillandsia Cyanea, is it growing OK without being in the pot with media? Let us know please..... Thank you !!!
any updates on this air plant? I just bought one and thinking of unpotting it to grow as a mounted air plant. How did yours do? I cannot find any updates if your unpot survived and thrived or if it didn't. I'd love to know before I endeavor to unpot mine.
I love this plant. I had it some years ago, but it died. Now I've read a bit about it and I am giving it a try. I've actually potted it a mix of soil and orchid soil. I got inspired from you ;). How would you water those in a pot?
My Dad has some land in Oaxaca, he left it alone for a few years, and we went to mexico to see it and tillandsias had completely invaded it. There were bulbosas on every tree, spanish moss, and this huge one, it is like my arm's size. There were a few orchids as well.
hi brad i'm so sorry if you already answered this question but i can't seem to find it anywhere. how do you water those hanging tillandsias and how often? dunk method? i unpotted my tillandsia cyanea after watching this video about 6 months ago, and i put it in a basket with spanish moss but i couldn't seem to keep it hydrated. so now i have it in a little glass jar in semi water culture and it seems to be doing better. on the other hand i have a vandopsis in the basket with spanish moss now and i soak it every day so maybe that's what i should've done from the beginning because the moss is doing so much better as well. i can tell that's what i should've done because i can see the difference now from the moss that is actually DEAD from when i just sprayed it daily, and the moss that's alive and kicking. but hey learn from your mistakes right? oh and also my dendrobium nobile is about to MASSIVELY rebloom thanks to you!!! it didn't seem to be doing very well and the canes were really desiccated and wrinkly and it got a new cane but it was desiccated as well. but then i saw your video about how it needs a colder period to rebloom so i put it on my balcony all summer (in south sweden) and i just took it back indoors as temperatures were dropping below 10 centigrade at night and now it's got tons of flower buds! and also it made me realise how much water it really needs. i have it in a plastic pot inside a decorative ceramic pot and i couldn't see what was going on inside the pot so i didn't check it very often but every time i checked it there was water sitting in the pot covering about a third of the root system. at first i was worried about rot but as it was doing so well i just left it like that and it seems that's how it likes it! maybe after this blooming i'll put it in water culture like almost all of my other orchids so i can control it better. but i'm so happy about the rebloom so THANKS for your ceaseless work putting out videos!
How often do you water, spritz with water or soak for half hour. What type of lighting do you use. I live in NE Missouri where it gets cold in winter. 90 plus in summer
Hi got bless you I just want to tell you I’m new in your channel I just wanted to tell you that I have that plant it had the pink flower and purple on the side they smell real good and they they need to be parted or palm trees thank you so much.
Hi i got a pink quill yesterday and I was wondering if I want to unpot it , does it effect on the quill ? and do i need to use some kind of a fertilizer because i removed it from the pot ? thank you
Thanks for the video Brad, my local store are selling Cyanea for 5 Bucks, looks like one potted and hanging and one hanging with the air roots exposed.
he did a video on that, where he said he tried multiple ways and moss seemed the most successful.. you can probably do it other ways, just maybe not as successfully
Hi, just thought I'd let you know, Tillandsia( air plants) should NEVER be planted in dirt. They need to completely dry out between waterings to prevent rot. the roots are only to anchor them to a tree branch(or whatever the're on).They get no nutrients through their roots but absorb everything they need through their leaves from the water.
Hi Brad, have you attempted to pollinate your Pink quill air plant? I've read that they're hard to pollinate because of the size of the flower? Is this true? Is your tricolour Tillandsia not a cultivar of T.Cyanea?
You have am amazing collection😍
I love your plants 🌱 😍
You have such a great collection of Air Plants Brad.. In your area do they sell these plants with tags? or do you need to do research? In my area they are sold as air plants and they are all just mixed up in a basket separated by size.
PlantzNThings most come with tags, a few ive had to id though
Oh Sir you are lucky :)
I was thinking to pot my aerial ones . Gonna try with babies .
Hello Brad,
Any update on this "Tillandsia Airborn" experiment ??
Is Cyanea still alive as an airplant ?
Nice update Brad - I guess I'll be heading out to the greenhouse today and giving this a try, I think I'll separate mine as I have a few pups on mine too and I'm going to keep one in soil and keep the other one out ;)
Tamara Previtali thanks, good luck!
Having more space and it being cleaner and dryer must feel good. I like your idea of using Spanish Moss to shade your Phals. Seems more natural than shade cloth. Hope your liberated Tillandsia adapts to air growth well.
***** thanks, I love it being drier this time of year
Hi Brad,
It would be nice to know what happened with the Tillandsia Cyanea, is it growing OK without being in the pot with media? Let us know please.....
Thank you !!!
Fantastic video, been waiting for this !!!!
Lukes Plants thanks Luke
Yay I've been waiting for this! :)
OrganicGardening987 cool, glad you saw it
any updates on this air plant? I just bought one and thinking of unpotting it to grow as a mounted air plant. How did yours do? I cannot find any updates if your unpot survived and thrived or if it didn't. I'd love to know before I endeavor to unpot mine.
I love this plant. I had it some years ago, but it died. Now I've read a bit about it and I am giving it a try. I've actually potted it a mix of soil and orchid soil. I got inspired from you ;). How would you water those in a pot?
São muito lindos 😎😎😎😎
My Dad has some land in Oaxaca, he left it alone for a few years, and we went to mexico to see it and tillandsias had completely invaded it. There were bulbosas on every tree, spanish moss, and this huge one, it is like my arm's size. There were a few orchids as well.
Moshy Rojas that is very cool, id love to see some phtos!
hi brad i'm so sorry if you already answered this question but i can't seem to find it anywhere. how do you water those hanging tillandsias and how often? dunk method? i unpotted my tillandsia cyanea after watching this video about 6 months ago, and i put it in a basket with spanish moss but i couldn't seem to keep it hydrated. so now i have it in a little glass jar in semi water culture and it seems to be doing better. on the other hand i have a vandopsis in the basket with spanish moss now and i soak it every day so maybe that's what i should've done from the beginning because the moss is doing so much better as well. i can tell that's what i should've done because i can see the difference now from the moss that is actually DEAD from when i just sprayed it daily, and the moss that's alive and kicking. but hey learn from your mistakes right? oh and also my dendrobium nobile is about to MASSIVELY rebloom thanks to you!!! it didn't seem to be doing very well and the canes were really desiccated and wrinkly and it got a new cane but it was desiccated as well. but then i saw your video about how it needs a colder period to rebloom so i put it on my balcony all summer (in south sweden) and i just took it back indoors as temperatures were dropping below 10 centigrade at night and now it's got tons of flower buds! and also it made me realise how much water it really needs. i have it in a plastic pot inside a decorative ceramic pot and i couldn't see what was going on inside the pot so i didn't check it very often but every time i checked it there was water sitting in the pot covering about a third of the root system. at first i was worried about rot but as it was doing so well i just left it like that and it seems that's how it likes it! maybe after this blooming i'll put it in water culture like almost all of my other orchids so i can control it better. but i'm so happy about the rebloom so THANKS for your ceaseless work putting out videos!
I thought this particular one could not be taken out of the pot. How did it end up doing
How often do you water, spritz with water or soak for half hour. What type of lighting do you use. I live in NE Missouri where it gets cold in winter. 90 plus in summer
Hey Brad, great video. How do you water this plant? Do you just mist it or do you take it down and soak it occasionally?
When and how do I snip off the pink quill or should I leave it alone ? Thank you I’m enjoying my first tillandsia
Hi got bless you I just want to tell you I’m new in your channel I just wanted to tell you that I have that plant it had the pink flower and purple on the side they smell real good and they they need to be parted or palm trees thank you so much.
+Margarita Mendez Glad you like the videos!
hi brad i love your videos can you please make a video on pollinating the air plants im having problems with getting seeds. Thank you
Tillandsia are nightime growers. They grow from dewpoint saturation mostly but do enjoy rain.
Thanks for the video, now I can feel safe to unpot my little Pink Quill and let it hang with my other air plants.
R Bear hopefully it will do ok, I have it close to the fogger for extra RH right now
Updates on this please
It was be nice if you could tell how the plant accepted the unpoting
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Great video brad
ivy geerman thanks Ivy!
Hi Brad,
What is the recommended pot size for an adult plant ?
Hi i got a pink quill yesterday and I was wondering if I want to unpot it , does it effect on the quill ? and do i need to use some kind of a fertilizer because i removed it from the pot ? thank you
Thanks for the video Brad, my local store are selling Cyanea for 5 Bucks, looks like one potted and hanging and one hanging with the air roots exposed.
David C cool, $5 is a good price
Would this plant be good in clay pebbles? Does it need cool humidity?
Great information just got my first 2 of these . Next time move the camera so we can see better less hand more plant 🌱😊
Where did you get your Spanish moss? Been looking for a good place to get a start of it
jordan marquardt first bit came for a top dressing on a home depot plant and then a friend gave me a big chuck as well.
jordan marquardt where I live it grows like weed lol
hello, could you please update us? is it still alive as an air plant? they all say it needs a pot so.. An update would be great! thanks.
Great video, Brad. Thank you. Can vriesea be grown as an air plant?
Gardening at Douentza thanks, good question. im not sure
Okay. Thank you, Brad. I always have great respect for people who admit when they don't know something :)
Any updates on this
Can the seeds of cyanea be sprouted on coconut fiber or wood chips, or does it have to be moss?
he did a video on that, where he said he tried multiple ways and moss seemed the most successful.. you can probably do it other ways, just maybe not as successfully
Thanks Brad, very informative.
Tom Weber thanks Tom
How long before air plants root?And if in dirt is it easier to grow?
Hi, just thought I'd let you know, Tillandsia( air plants) should NEVER be planted in dirt. They need to completely dry out between waterings to prevent rot. the roots are only to anchor them to a tree branch(or whatever the're on).They get no nutrients through their roots but absorb everything they need through their leaves from the water.
Thanks I knew no dirt, But some have few roots and just wondered
Any update is it still alive?
What happen to your plant now? Is it still alive now after removing it from the pot?
Hi Brad, have you attempted to pollinate your Pink quill air plant? I've read that they're hard to pollinate because of the size of the flower? Is this true? Is your tricolour Tillandsia not a cultivar of T.Cyanea?
How is this plant doing as an air plant?
Good! It has three new growths and two spikes forming!
THANK YOU SO MUCH for answering this question! It helped me make a decision :)
I thought they didn't need any soil
Finally! This guy got so big....
A few pieces of spaghnum moss could help to support those fresh from media roots
Garrett Spring good idea
hi Brad Linda here send me some baby air plants...
baileyslip :)
Informative but just wish you wouldn't talk so much and just get down to what the video says you're going to do.