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Air plants are ideal houseplants for beginners or anyone who doesn't want to get their hands dirty because they don't require soil to grow. Since they absorb water and nutrients through their foliage ...

Air plants are unique and popular houseplants. Unlike snake plants or hosta, they don’t require soil to grow—hence the name. In nature, air plants grow on top of other plants, and their interesting ...

What, exactly, are air plants? Air plants, known by their scientific name Tillandsia, are native to the mountains, deserts and forests of South America north through Central America, Mexico, and into ...

Epiphytes do not bring nutrition from the soil by way of roots. Instead, they cling to bark, or rocks, or other substrates. Parts that look like roots just anchor the plants. They receive all their ...

PENNSYLVANIA (WHTM) – Air plants are unique additions to indoor jungles. These epiphytes, meaning they grow on top of other plants like trees, don’t require any soil and instead get everything they ...