Tillandsia Recurvifolia
Tillandsia recurvifolia
Air Plants Difficulty: Easy
📖 About this plant
A graceful air plant with elegantly recurving, silver-green leaves that form an open rosette. Its name refers to the backward-curving leaf tips. Produces a pretty pink to purple flower spike. A hardy species that tolerates a wider range of conditions than many air plants.
🧑🌾 Care requirements
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Light
Bright indirect (4-6 hrs)
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Water
Soak 30 min 1-2x per week
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Humidity
Moderate (40-60%)
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Temperature
15-28°C
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Soil
None required - epiphytic
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Fertilizer
Quarter-strength bromeliad fertilizer every 2-3 weeks during growing season
📋 Plant facts
- 🌍 Origin
- Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay
- 📏 Max height
- 10-20 cm
- 📐 Spread
- 10-20 cm
- 🕰️ Bloom time
- Spring - Summer
- 🎨 Bloom color
- Purple, Pink
- 🍃 Foliage color
- Green, Silver
- ⏳ Lifespan
- Perennial
- 📈 Growth rate
- Moderate
- ☠️ Toxicity
- Non-toxic to pets and humans
- 🌱 Propagation
- Offset separation (pups) after blooming
🛡️ Health & Safety
🐾 Pet safe
✅ Non-toxic
Non-toxic to pets and humans
Common issues
- Overwatering causes rot, Scale insects on leaves, Insufficient light leads to loose, open growth
💡 Care tips
- Graceful recurving leaves form an open elegant rosette,Dark green leaves contrast beautifully with lighter species,Tolerates lower humidity better than many air plants,Produces a simple unbranched flower spike with violet flowers
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