It is also a low maintenance plant.
Caput medusa air plant.
The caput medusae is a very strange looking specimen that is unlike many indoor plants in looks and how it s grown.
This warm and fuzzy looking tillandsia has bright green coloring with hues of purple throughout the base extending up the leaves.
In their natural habitat they grow on trees epiphyte with a very small amount of roots which help the plant to become established rather than feed or.
The tillandsia caput medusae is an amazing plant for several reasons.
One look at the snakey leaves of the t.
The leaves are smooth and project up and out from a bulbous base.
The epiphytic tillandsia caput medusae is an easy care indoor plant as long as you pay attention to its unorthodox needs.
It has interesting story.
The caput medusae air plant is as close as you will get to staring straight at medusa s head without turning to stone.
Plants that die naturally will tend to still be tough and simply dry out and wither.
Caput medusae is one of our most popular tillandsia.
I just wanted to show a quick little tutorial time lapse of watering an air plant with pups and a bloo.
When medusae blooms you will be amazed by her blushing leaves and bursting bloom.
A very unusual species of air plant native to mexico guatamala costa rica and panama and sometimes called the octopus plant.
This species is a flowering air plant from the bromeliads family and is one of the most popular of the tillandsia genus.
Tillandsia caput medusae air plant how to care it grows without a substrate and its snake shaped leaves bring an exotic flair to living rooms.
Caput medusae air plants get their name from medusa an evil creature in greek mythology whose hair was made of venomous snakes and whose onlookers would turn to stone.
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Your air plant is only fully exhausted if you can pluck the leaves out of the central plant without effort.
The caput medusae s leaves mimic the serpents that consumed medusa and are sure to add a.
Caput medusae is one of our most popular tillandsia.
The leaves are smooth and project up and out from a bulbous base.
A very unusual species of air plant native to mexico guatemala costa rica and panama and sometimes called the octopus plant.
It is an outstanding example of evolution and adaptation.
And it is a stunning tropical plant in its own right.
Caput medusae and you can see how it got its name but don t worry you can gaze as long as you like at this striking air plant and you.
Morningwood growers tillandsia caput medusae compared to penny.
