1 entry found.
Common Name: Spanish-Moss
Botanical Name: Tillandsia usneoides (ti-LAND-zee-a us-nee-OI-deez)
Decorative Life: Years.
Post Harvest Care
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1 entry found.
Common Name: Spanish-Moss
Botanical Name: Tillandsia usneoides (ti-LAND-zee-a us-nee-OI-deez)
Decorative Life: Years.
Post Harvest Care
- If using as a fresh product, mist often.
- Some people are allergic to some mosses. Often better to handle wet than dry.
- Member of the Bromeliaceae (pineapple family).
- Native to Southeastern US to Chile and Argentina.
- Family relatives include Billbergia, Cryptanthus, Aechmea, Guzmania, pineapple and Puya.
- Silvery-gray threadlike masses to 25 ft. long, classed as a monocotyledon.
- Densely covered by gray scales, which are a means of receiving and holding atmospheric moisture making roots unnecessary.
- Very small axial flowers with petals 3/8 in. (1 cm) long, in changing colors yellowish-green to blue, the plant is an epiphytic perennial.
- Flowers are not fragrant.
Flower Color: Not appli