Air Plant Tillandsia Caput Medusa
$12.00
Caput Medusa air plant.Watch it turn pink/purple curly/alien/octopus/ velvet texture approx 4" tall
- Genus within the family of the Bromeliaceae
- Name of genus: Tillandsia
- Name of species: Tillandsia caput-medusae
- Trivial name: Head of Medusa
- evergreen, herbaceous flowering plant with epiphytic habit (air plant)
- native to South America, mainly Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras
- tubular, blue-red flowers in early summer
- grey-blue, snake-shaped leaves, arranged like rosettes
- heights of 15 to 40 cm
- Temperature minimum: 15 degrees Celsius
- Temperature maximum: 40 Grad Celsius
Tillandsia caput-medusae only uses its roots to cling to high trees or rocks. Since the exotic bromeliad does not require a substrate, there are many creative ways to cultivate it in living spaces. Thus, the head of Medusa with the bizarre snake-leaves perfectly puts itself in the limelight on branches, stones or cacti.