Pakistan Gardening Forum

A plant that attracts the attention of admirers always because of its unique growing style . These are care free plants and increase the beauty of garden. Here is my little collection.

Amazing Plant. Is it available locally? How much it will cost?

These are not available in any nursery of Islamabad and Lahore but may be available in Karachi. I have four varieties and these are from Singapore. One of my friend has two varieties and he offers these at a reasonable price.

available in Karachi in nurseries at Korangi road... very easy plants in Karachi...

Wonderful. Do they flower?

Nice, do they need shade , you put them under green cloth, what is their scientific name ? How they survive in wild , native of some rain forests probably.

Their generic name is Tilandsia. We discused them at length before. They grow on trees but in domestic environment they root with difficulty. Mine just died a week ago after struggling with weird indoor weather and lack of humidity.

Just googled and found that:

"a plant may take 5 to 20 years to mature and a 50 year old clump may be only 20cm across"

Thank you Adnan sb for the precious information.
Khubab sb
Yes this plant give blooms, here is an attachment.
One of my has this plant and and asking for Rs:1500 for the whole clump. I think its very cheap if we compare its size with price.

This is a really beautiful air-plant. What a unique flower shape! How did they make it bloom?

By chance, I see purple orchids in the right corner. The flower looks almost identical to the "Ground orchid" whose ID you were interested in another post. Are the leaves same?