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Tillandsia utriculata
Also called Wild Pine, Giant Wild Pine, Old Man's Beard, Spreading Air Plant, Swollen Wild Pine, Jumbie Pineapple, Giant Airplant
Spreading airplant is a large epiphytic bromeliad from the Americas that grows on trees and rocks without soil, taking water and nutrients from rain and humid air. It holds water in its leaf bases, so give it bright light and let the cup fill and drain.
Tillandsia utriculata, commonly known as the spreading airplant, the giant airplant, or wild pine is a species of bromeliad that is native to Florida and Georgia in the United States, the Caribbean, southern and eastern Mexico (Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Oaxaca, the Yucatán Peninsula), Central America, and Venezuela.
Two varieties are recognized:
Tillandsia abbreviata · Tillandsia achyrostachys · Tillandsia acuminata · Tillandsia adamsii · Tillandsia adpressiflora · Tillandsia aequatorialis · Tillandsia aeranthos · Tillandsia afonsoana · Tillandsia aguascalientensis · Tillandsia aizoides · Tillandsia albertiana · Tillandsia albida
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tillandsia utriculata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
