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This is an unfussy tillandsia that grows all over the San Antonio, Texas area. One day while leaving work, a small one fell out of a tre...Read More
Mrjocrooms says these are marvelous indoor plants, and in that respect they would be no different than the other species of Tillandsia, o...Read More
These are nice little tillandsias and appear to prefer Live Oak hosts ....especially smaller trees, along with Spanish moss. They dont ap...Read More
I have two large oaks covered in this , I pray I do not have the same experience as htop and hope they do not start infesting my crepe myrtles .
I live in NE Fla. and this plant is ABUNDANT here. Oaks and crepe myrtles are apparently it's favorite but no tree is safe. Lol.
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Have been dealing with ball moss for over 5 years...have had professional spraying on 2 trees twice. They look better (has been a few ye...Read More
Floridian, PolarBear and Mono have pretty much covered it. In Illinois it just barely appears, so it does not usually acheive the dense p...Read More
While backpacking in the Chisos Mts of Big Bend NP, we took an exploratory look up a side canyon. A wet overhanging cliff had hundreds of...Read More
San Antonio, Tx.
Those of us with oak trees that are covered with ball moss hate this plant. The fact that heavy infestations keep...Read More
The accurate therm for this plant is "epiphytic" ("epi=on, "phytum" plant, a plant that lives on another plant). It only uses trees as a ...Read More
While Ball Moss can technically be classified parasitic, it is only a structural parasite, meaning it needs to attach to a host, but draw...Read More
Ball Moss can grow in drier areas. I have always heard it was a parisite. I do know it is invassive and can kill a tree. Prefers oaks....Read More
Not a moss but a true flowering plant related to the pineapple. An epiphyte that gets its nutrients from the atmosphere.