Air Plant 'Juncea'

Name: Air Plant 'Juncea'
Brand: Atrium Plants
Price: 69.0 ZAR
Availability: InStock

R 69.00

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Free from the restraints of roots and soil, these quirky plants are almost like pets, with their part plant, part creature personality. What's more, they've been scientifically found to remove harmful elements including mercury from the air.

Tillandsia juncea looks more like veld grass than an air plant, but that's why we love it! Just like veld grass, it's also one of the most drought tolerant air plants.

Plant Care

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About Plant

Caring for Air Plants

Light

Medium to bright light. Tillandsias love sunning themselves in the morning.

Water & humidity

You can spray them with water daily, or soak in a bowl of water 1-2 times a week for 10-20 minutes. Tillandsias likes it dirty and absorb nutrients when they're bathed in water from lakes, ponds, bird baths and Jo Jo tanks. In fact if you give them something as pure as distilled or filtered water they could die.

Feeding

Add a small amount of liquid fertiliser when soaking it in its bath of water. We suggest diluting the recommended dose by at least a half to avoid burning your plant. You can feed once a month in summer.

Re-potting

No ways - Tillandsias are free spirits and hate being tied down. They don't need soil - they absorb nutrients from the air through microscopic pores on their leaves.

Atrium Top Tip

Tillandsias will chill pretty much anywhere, even outdoors in the trees or as a table decoration. Air plants with fuzzy silvery leaves like this one, are xeric types that come from dry climates. They're able to collect and store ample water and don’t mind direct sun if used to it.

Quirky Plant Fact

Gold miners used to use Tillandsia usneoides as a sentinel species to detect and absorb mercury from the air. Considering they absorb and store airborne particles, they are still used today to monitor urban and industrial pollution

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