The Tillandsia is also called an air plant or epiphyte. This super handy and maintenance-friendly plant does not get its nutrients from the soil, but from the air! Handy, right? We thought so too.Dimensions: Ø 12 cm ↑ 22 cmAn air plant such as this Tillandsia normally grows on other plants, rocks or trees without extracting nutrients from them. They have almost invisible roots and through the small mouths in the leaf they absorb oxygen, water and other nutrients from the environment in which they live. In this case there is a hole at the top of the light bulb through which the air plant can breathe.Air plants like indirect sunlight and to be sprayed twice a week with water or our nutrient spray. You can also water air plants by submerging them. Extensive information is included with every order for the care of your air plants.