But before they do they will produce pups.
Medusa air plant pups.
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.
Like all tillandsia these plants will die after blooming.
Once it reaches a certain size a mother plant will produce pups on the ends of older arms.
All you need to do is give each new one its own space and you re set.
You give it what it needs and you ll get a delightful plant that will flourish with enough light.
If your air plant appears sick after blooming it s normal.
The caput medusae air plant is as close as you will get to staring straight at medusa s head without turning to stone.
These pups will match the parent plant and can be left to grow on the mount or can be broken off when mature and mounted somewhere else.
On brighter subjects medusa s head makes an exceptional container plant and it can also be put into gardens so long as it is protected from freezes.
The growth starts as a swelling at the end of an arm and rapidly grows its own caudex and arms.
The caput medusae is a very strange looking specimen that is unlike many indoor plants in looks and how it s grown.
The epiphytic tillandsia caput medusae is an easy care indoor plant as long as you pay attention to its unorthodox needs.
The tillandsia caput medusae is probably in fitting in because it is an air plant.
This warm and fuzzy looking tillandsia has bright green coloring with hues of purple throughout the base extending up the leaves.