Melanocrater is a stout, hardy plant with waxy, straight pine needle-like leaves reaching up out of a narrow bulbous base. Its pointed leaves can differ from deep green to red but its base is mostly brown.
Tillandsia Melanocrater is native to Central America and Mexico. This species also grows a flower from the heart of the plant, in a beautiful red-pink or purplish color.
Size: 20 cm long (approx.)
*The term ‘air plants’ is the common name for Tillandsias, a type of Bromeliad, because they don’t need to be planted in soil. In the wild, deserts of Central and South America, the southern United States and the West Indies, Tillandsias colonize objects such as rocks and trees by clinging on to them with their roots.
Air plants are epiphytes and need no soil because water and nutrients are absorbed through the leaves. The roots are mainly used as anchors.
