We met Carla of “Craftpatisserie” on Instagram and we immediately fell in love with her job. In this post she tells us how she ended up creating air plants by her own. The result is amazing! Enjoy it. I’ve already been spending a year looking for Tillandsia in all florists and nurseries in my own
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Water: how not to drown your air plants
How much do you water you air plants? We know this is a delicate topic, that’s why we care about it. Here you can find some simple and helpful tips. The first important thing to keep in mind is that is always better to give them less water than too much. Remember that each type
Continue reading »Things are made by people
We have been thinking about starting this new blog session because we consider it an important part of our job. Here we are with this first post. Over the last months we have worked with many craftsmen and designers who helped us creating a new image of our small company. Reminding ourselves that things are
Continue reading »Light: the best place for your air plants
It is very important that all types of air plants receive much light but not too much direct sun. If you keep your air plants OUTSIDE, remember to find a good place in the shadow. The best spot would be for instance under a tree, to get enough light and rain. INDOORS you can hang
Continue reading »Urbanjunglebloggers #plantselfie
We like to get involved, mostly in a project by urbanjunglebloggers, that launched the #plantselfie this September. We did it already a long time ago, just for fun. For our picture we picked the queen of air plants, the Xerographica. Absolutely the best choice. Its origins come from Southern México, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.
Continue reading »DIY #1
Here is our DIY suggestion for the Summer to make your bedroom more cheerful and cozy. Materials needed: – a branch of about 50 cm length – transparent thread + 1 nail and hammer to hang the branch – air plants (we used: 2 caput medusae, 1 tectorum, 1 argentea, 1 capitata) – fresh flowers (we
Continue reading »How to fertilize your Air Plant
All the Tillandsias that you find on our online shop are cultivated in a greenhouse, cured with love for months or years (depending on the species) so that they are in perfect health. Each air plant, that is ordered online, will arrive to the destination with all instructions about its care (how much light and
Continue reading »Was ist eine Tillandsia?
Die Tillandsia ist eine sehr schöne Pflanze, die zur Familie der Bromelie gehört und ursprünglich vom amerikanischen Kontinent kommt. Sie braucht keine Erde um zu wachsen und kann die Nährstoffe direkt aus der Luftfeuchtigkeit absorbieren. Die Feuchtigkeit wird von den Trichomen aufgesaugt. Diese sind feine Härchen, die den Pflanze ein samtiges Aussehen verleihen. Die Tillandsien
Continue reading »Patience
Patience: It is the necessary calm, perseverance, diligence, relentlessly application in making a work or any enterprise. „Do they grow?“, „How much big do they get?“, „Do they grow fast?“. That is of course a right question to ask, we have heard it so many times in the last years that we don’t even notice
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