Tillandsia – Airplants

 Pick from our huge range of species and accessories

Also known as Bromeliads, Airplants or Tillys

Easy care, no soil required species of house plant

 Care sheet is also included

Individual Airplant species - Our airplants are sold as individual specimens.  The plants will soon establish and grow into fantastic plants, given the correct care, attention and time.  To achieve maximum redness in red species tillandsia, the plants need to be grown in high humidity.  Care sheet is included.

Airplant Collections: Our airplant collections contain a variety of species selected at random from our current stock.   All species in our collection packs are labelled and we avoid duplication of species where possible. Our 25 and 50 packs will have some duplicates.  We aim to include a selection of plants to provide variety of shapes, colours and sizes once established, thus providing a complete collection in one pack.

Airplant Species Packs: these are packs of 2 or more of the same species (such as Ionantha Rubra twin pack) or are a collection of species from the same genus - such as our Ionantha 3 species pack which contains Ionantha Rubra, Ionantha Scaposa and Ionantha var. Ionantha

Accessories - we stock a huge range of accessories for our airplants - including fixative, fertiliser, reindeer moss, spray bottles, wood for mounting, shells and glassware for decoration

We stock many different species, from common species to those extremely rare and unusual hard to source species - below are some of our most popular species:

Tillandsia Brachycaulous Multiflora - Brachycaulos Multiflora is a medium to large plant, up to 20cm high, but greatly variable in size. The foliage is numerous, as it grows it opens up with leaves bending slightly. The leaves are green, colouring intensively red in strong sun at bloom time. The petals are blue. It likes bright, sunny position with moderate damp. (wood not included)

Tillandsia Albertiana - Albertiana is native to Argentina, named after the Argentine botanist Alberto Castellanos by an admiring student who found the species

One of the very few tillansias to have a red flower, normally has large flowers which last longer than many other tillandsia.

Leaves are distichous (forming in mirror like pairs) making this an unusual species for any collection

Tillandsia Flabelleta Rubra - This variety has a similar texture to T. Brachycaulos. It has a unique shape, and wispy form. It is not as common as other varieties, and not so well known. Another unique thing about T. Flabellata Rubra is its spike branches out at the base. This gives you the impression it has multiple spikes!

The flabelleta can grow to 6 inches in height and 4 inches in upper spread diameter. The wispy leaves will project from the base in the form of a spike and then will create a wide-open rosette as shown in the photo.  Beautiful red spikes

Tillandsia Bulbosa - Greatly variable in size.  An average adult plant is about 15cm across and 12 cm high. In bloom, specimens sometimes grow twice that size.  Petals are purple blue, lineal forming a tube 3 - 4 cm long from which the stamens protrude.  It will grow well in a terrarium. It likes moderate humid and bright conditions.  It can be positioned horizontally or upside down to help prevent possible rot.  

Tillandsia Caput Medusae - The Tillandsia Caput Medusae is a unique plant in the Tillandsia species. The shape and form of this species is certainly rare and so the plant is named after this. The leaves of species grow wild and non-uniform, and thus resemble the hair of Greek God Medusa, hence the name of the species.  

Tillandsia Ionantha Fuego - The Ionantha Fuego is a stunning species in the airplant world, with red leaves and violet flowers once established.  

Much more striking than the Ionantha Rubra which has red tips, the Ionantha Fuego plant benefits from sunny bright conditions, which turn the whole plant blood red creating a unique addition and feature in your collection

Tillandsia Ionantha Rubra -Ionantha Rubra is a small form variety of the Ionantha species, with leaves in a dense rosette.  The leaves will turn pink at the top and average plant is 8 to 10cm once mature.  The petals of the flowers are violet.  Likes bright sunny positions

Tillandsia Punctulata - This is an incredible species from Mexico and central America.  It is slightly stoloniferous like T. tricolor, and like cyanea it is a more mesic/wet growing species making it ideal for lower light conditions or terrarium's.  It is a very large growing plant with a lovely shape and nice dark green leaves with really dark bases. The flower spike is equally impressive with fiery red stem and bracts which produce purple and white flowers over a very long period.  It pups really well and is very easy to grow. A superb plant

Tillandsia Fasciculata -This species is very variable in size and varies greatly in habitat. The leaves are stiff, brittle and easily broken if bent. It will grow 20 -100 cm high. Because it often grows into a large specimen, it can serve as a centrepiece in one's collection. It produces a long lasting colourful inflorescence

Tillandsia Tricolor Melanocrater
The Tillandsia Melanocrater has amazing tricolored leaves once established – the name refers to the 3 colours cherry, canary and indigo along with green bases.  Flower petals are indigo.  Leaves are linear, long and relatively stiff.  Likes bright light and humidity to achieve maximum colour range.  Grows to approx. 30cm diameter and 25 cm in height

This details some of our species, we have a huge range available, why not visit our shop to see the complete range of plants, accessories, wood, reindeer moss, sand, shells and much more

The plants in the photo are established plants which have been grown on and developed over time.  The plants we dispatch will soon establish and grow into fantastic plants, given the correct care, attention and time.  To achieve maximum redness in red species tillandsia, the plants need to be grown in high humidity.

We include care sheet with all our plants.