--jess--'s Profile

I have to second the tillandsia love! They're such undemanding plants and they're spectacular when they bloom. Unfortunately, it's still pretty easy to kill them when you follow the instructions they're sold with - to mist them and leave them in a tiny shell/hotglued into driftwood/whatever unventilated decorative container they came with. I throw all mine in a plastic bucket and submerge them in water for 2-3 hours once a week while I do laundry and stuff around the house. Sometimes I throw in a drop of fertilizer when I remember. Then I just take them out, gently shake off the excess water, and leave them on an old dish towel or windowsill for a bit until they're mostly dry - don't ever put them back in a container while the base of the plant is still wet. Mine grow like crazy and bloom reliably now. I usually have them suspended over vintage glassware and in old metal baskets and colanders, anything where they can get decent air circulation.