The 'Travellin' Madge' tableau in a jar has had to come out for a 'breath of fresh air' to prevent mould spores spreading across the cactus and succulents. So we decided to repot Madge and then recycle the jar as a home for air plants.
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| Madge and cactii in their new low humidity home |
Air plant is the common name for Tillandsia – a genus of 650 species of perennial flowering plants and evergreens. They belong to the Bromeliaceae family and are mostly found in Mexico and South-Eastern America. Tillandsia gets its common name “air plants” because they do not need soil to grow. They cling on trees, rocks, telephone lines, etc., absorbing nutrients from the air.
"I could get quite 'obsessed ' by collecting and keeping Tillandsia - there are lots of different kinds to acquire, they are inexpensive to buy and can be arranged with and attached to 'objet trouve' including shells and fossils"
My first three air plants have been 'glue-gunned' to driftwood found and collected on holiday this summer in Northumberland. If you look closely you can also see a pine-cone from the Berlin Botanic Gardens and a fossil coral from Holy Island. I really like collecting and arranging interesting stuff.
Maybe that's why our house is full of crap!?
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