Filifolia

Tillandsia filifolia, also known as Filifolia, is a tropical air plant native to Central America, specifically found throughout Mexico and Guatemala. The plant is known for its graceful shape and lovely color, with soft, thread-like leaves that give it its name ‘filum,’ meaning thread (folia being leaves). Some key features of Tillandsia filifolia include:

– **Size**: The plant can grow up to 15 cm in height and 20 cm in width.
– **Leaves**: The leaves are needle-fine and green, spreading out like a rosette shape.
– **Inflorescence**: Tillandsia filifolia produces inflorescent sticks bearing non-tubular white to lilac flowers about 2 cm long, which emerge from within the green leaves.
– **Habitat**: The plant thrives in humid conditions, making it ideal for bathrooms and kitchens or when kept with other air plants to create a humid microclimate.
– **Care**: Tillandsia filifolia requires good airflow and frequent watering, and it is a slow-growing air plant.

Filifolia is a popular choice for decorating due to its elegant appearance and ease of care. It can be glued to wood, rocks, and pebbles, or placed on a windowsill or as a companion to houseplants. The plant is also known to produce offsets (pups) when generously misted, which can be easily separated from the parent plant when they reach about half to two-thirds the size of the mother plant.