Air plant

Description:

Epiphytic, grows to 12 in. long, plants densely clustered, grow in small tufts or clusters of curving stems that form a ball like growth. Flowers stalks have blue violet flowers.

Habitat:

Trees in Blue Spring State Park.

Notes:

Bromeliads are members of the pineapple family Bromeliaceae. They are perennial herbs that lack woody stems and typically grow on other plants or substrates. Bromeliads are not mosses as some of their common names suggest. They are flowering plants, although their blossoms can be very small.