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We all love the simplicity and low-maintenance care of air plants. What can be easier than just providing fresh air, indirect sunlight, and a little mist of water every once...

Tillandsia Xerographica have a distinct look, so it is easy to tell them apart from other air plant species. Xerographica are characterized by silver, curled leaves that contribute to the plant’s spherical...

If you’re a novice plant enthusiast you may be wondering what all the scientific terms surrounding air plants mean. We don’t blame you! It can feel intimidating to begin learning...

Generally speaking, it's best to keep your air plants out of direct sunlight when possible. Each plant is unique, though, so different species of air plants might cause some variations...

One of our favorite ways to display air plants is to pair them with cork bark to create vertical gardens. If you are looking for a more natural or rustic exhibit...

Tillandsia Tectorum, an air plant native to Ecuador and Peru, is a widely loved plant for good reason. Not only is this plant visually appealing with its whimsical, fuzzy trichomes,...

We are thrilled to share that our second school built by Pencils of Promise and funded by Air Plant Shop and YOU, our customers, is almost finished! The school is...

At AirPlantShop.com we are grateful for surviving the recent world challenges. We still get to work with beautiful air plants alongside friends and family. It brings about our innate need to...

Air plants are the perfect decor to use year-round and, hear me out, they are also versatile enough to decorate any table setting in all seasons. Decorative plants do not...

Air Plant Shop is pleased to announce the location of our second school in Guatemala. It will be located in the Boca Costa region of the country. Pencils of Promise...

Thank you so much for ordering our handmade Christmas Trees! For every tree sold, Air Plant Shop will donate an extra $3 to support our primary schools in Guatemala. Once...

In Winter of 2018, Air Plant Shop was approached by Apartment Therapy to send individualized air plant gifts to all of their corporate customers, artists and content creators.  We happily obliged and...

Xerographica, one of the most popular air plants, was almost extinct from the wild by the mid 1990s. Due to international regulation and growers committed to seed production, this spectacular...

You can display air plants in many ways! Our 6-year-old friend from California explains how to design your very own glass terrraiums with supplies from the Air Plant Shop.

While visiting our school in Quiché we came across a valley full of high-elevation, cool-weather tillandsias including Seleriana, Butzii, Juncea, Ionantha Scaposa, Magnusiana and Fasiculata.

Photos from Christian's trip along the Rio San Pedro near Parque Nacional Laguna del Tigre in Guatemala. Here you can see many mesic Tillandsias including Bulbosa, Balbisiana, Juncifolia and Streptophylla.

Three months after inauguration, we were able to visit our school in the isolated Quiché Department of Guatemala. Pencils of Promise lead the way on a multi-day visit of our...

Everyone gets excited when their new family of air plants arrive. Jenna Quinlin ordered a Funkiana Cluster. Watch as she unwraps, waters and displays her new tillandsia.

Our little friend from Irvine, California explains the basics of air plant care: Water, Light and  Air Circulation. She just might be the most eloquent 6-year-old we ever met!

Air Plants are extremely versatile when it comes to displaying and design in your home since they do not require dirt, heavy containers, or a large space to grow.

We’ve all seen it in the movies. It’s floats and sways like ghostly spirits as it hangs from large oak trees and cypress trees here in the deep south. Spanish...

Although there is no definitive answer to figure out why any one particular air plant died, here is a list of topics to review when reflecting on the conditions and...

Many Northerners love taking their air plants outside for the warm months but since air plants are a tropical species, they need to be brought indoors when the nights start...

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Customers often email and call us about an unusual white, fuzzy substance on the leaves of their new air plants. They are always pleased to find out that this white...

You’ve just made your first Air Plant Shop order. Now what? Here are some things we recommend you do to successfully receive and care for your new Tillandsia.

As we consider how to care for your air plants it is important to take into account not only where each specific plant comes from but more precisely what kind...

Here at the Air Plant Shop we pride ourselves on not only providing quality air plants to retail customers across the country, but also in providing bulk air plants, terrariums, and...

Maintaining a refreshed and memorable business-customer relationship is something that organizations of all sizes strive for to maintain and grow their business.

What the Sam Hill is a Tillandsia? We get this question a lot. In short they are when know as air plants. They are in the Bromeliad or Bromeliaceae family...

Humans consume massive quantities of food and drink to sustain life. Air plants have adapted to do the same in such a way that allows them to live and thrive...

Air plants do best when you soak them in water. They take in all their nutrients through their leaves not through the roots. The roots serve only to attach the...

Everyone always gets excited when they hear that their new air plants will eventually start to produce little baby air plants called "pups". The production of pups is the easiest...

Anyone can order from our Wholesale, Bulk, and Favors pages.We have designed our site so wholesale and bulk ordering can easily be done online These pages are very popular for...

Many customers have been asking us about the sustainability practices of our air plant business. Considering that Tillandsias are predominantly a genus native to the tropical Americas, the inquiries about...

Scott and his sisters Abby and Jody James all agree that the air plants growing in oak trees where they grew up in steamy South Florida were beautiful, but way...

Throughout the developing world, disadvantaged children struggle to become educated due to lack of schools, limited community support organizations, and lack of governmental funding. To make a difference, AirPlantShop.com will donate...