Tillandsia Stricta – Live Air Plant for Terrariums & Vivariums | India

💰 Price per plant: ₹500

Tillandsia stricta is one of the most popular and rewarding air plants, a soft rosette that throws a vivid pink bract and purple-blue flowers and clumps readily over time. Air plants are epiphytic bromeliads, members of the tropical Bromeliaceae family like the pineapple, that grow with no soil at all, drawing moisture and nutrients through fine silvery scales on their leaves. That makes stricta one of the easiest, most rewarding tropical bromeliads for open terrariums, glass displays, mounted driftwood art and vivarium backgrounds.

Origin and form

Stricta is native to South America, from Brazil through Argentina, Paraguay and Venezuela, growing on bark and rock in bright, airy positions. It forms a soft, full rosette and, at flowering, sends up a vivid pink bract carrying delicate purple-blue flowers. Fast-growing and free-clumping, it builds into a fuller display quickly.

Care at a glance

• Light: bright, indirect light; avoid harsh midday sun.
• Water: no soil needed. Mist 2 to 3 times a week, or soak for 15 to 20 minutes weekly, then shake off excess and let it dry fully within a few hours.
• Airflow: essential. Air plants must dry out between waterings, so they are not suited to sealed closed terrariums.
• Temperature: easy in India's warm climate, roughly 15 to 32°C; never leave it constantly wet.
• Difficulty: very easy, one of the best air plants for beginners.

Styling and display

Mount stricta on driftwood, cork or rock, rest it in an open holder, or set it in an open glass terrarium; as it clumps, it makes an increasingly full, natural display. It also suits the above-water background of a vivarium or paludarium. Pair it with other Tillandsia, moss and driftwood. Grow it above the waterline; a weekly soak is fine, but it must never be left submerged. Like most bromeliads it is non-toxic and safe around cats and dogs.

Propagation

Stricta is a generous pupper: after flowering it produces several offsets, or "pups," that quickly form a clump. Leave them to cluster, or separate mature pups to start new plants.

Ordering

Supplied as healthy, nursery-grown live air plants and shipped across India, sold in sets of 10, ideal for terrarium makers, crafters and resellers. One of the easiest and most free-flowering air plants to buy online in India, and a reliable, fast-selling favourite.

Part of our Terrarium & Paludarium Plants range, shipped live across India.