Anyway, I bought two Till but having problems finding care instructions.

One is a tree. The second is an unrooted cutting.
I emailed the seller but he/she never wrote back.

Here are the pictures. Anyone have ideas how to root a Till and care for both? Thanks, Toni

Last photo shows Till bottom w/o roots.

Air plants are very close and the same care as most tropical plants in the Bromiliad family. Like Broms they pup. The bigger Air plant AKA tree is still a tilly.

During and after it flowers it should set out some pup and as it pups the pups will push, pinch, and split the plant apart into several newer plants, unlike most broms tillys also leave the bigger but split apart smaller mother tilly behind. Seems like a crude mother nature joke but this is how they reproduce

The one on the wet napkin is a big no no for to long (IMO while there and took the pic is to long) All you need to do for watering is replicate a light rain storm now and then.
What I would do asap is mount them even the tilly tree would do A WHOLE LOT better out of any container.

Use that spag in the tank of a container and wire the spag and mount it onto chicken wire or something work the tilly tree " roots " into the spag and put the smaller one (on napkin) on top outer side of the same mount easily work a thin wire into the lower bigger leaf for stability it until it gets "roots".

Growing large Bromiliads, eg:, B. Aechmea Fasciata is easy, 'pups,' but I have problems with smaller Broms like Crypts and Tills.
My last Till lived about 5 yrs..never flowered nor pupped. :) Died last summer. :(

I set the red Till on the paper towel long enough to snap a picture.

Anyway, one site that specializes in Tills had very interesting ideas for attaching or potting in containers, using tiny stones, not soil.
So, that's what I ended up doing. lol. I was afraid if the Till stood out too much longer it'd die. Both Tills arrived yesterday.
I totall forgot Tills will survive attached to a curtain, like a Kalanchoe leaf.

I'm still unclear about watering/soaking/misting and light. The Till site suggested bright light...People interpret bright light differently. Thanks, Toni

I'm a little confused about how you and mrlike are talking about tillandsia care. For instance the red tillandsia, you were worried about leaving it out too long. You cannot let tillandsias out too long because they don't have a root system. They receive all of their water and nutrients through their leaves, not the base of the plant. The base of the plant is only for growing what's called attaching roots. These roots do not carry water into the plant.

If I read it right, mrlike is also worried about the tillandsia tree being in the flower pot containing moss. If I am seeing the picture correctly that tree trunk is a piece of wood with tillandsias attached to the top. There is not problem with the stick being in the moss as far as I am concerned.

Mrlike also suggested that you attach the tillandsia directly to whatever medium you want to where you want to attach it, like a rock or a piece of wood, and put some sphagnum moss in between. Do not do that. You will rot the tillandsia. Tillandsias or not like other Bromiads. They do not need a place of moss to sit on. If you'd like to have the red tillandsia sit in a flower pot, just sit it on top of the opening to the flower pot and that's it. You don't have to have rocks in the flower pot or anything else. If you want to attach the tillandsia to another object use a glue that is safe for tillandsia. E6000 is a good glue that is nontoxic to tillandsia. Another thing you can use to attach tillandsia to a object is hot glue. I use a cool hot glue to mount my tillandsias.

As far as watering is concerned you can do one of two things. Either soak them for a few minutes or mist them heavily with water. DO NOT use distilled water and don't use softened water either. Turn them upside down and shake off any excess water from the tillandsia. You don't want to have water sitting at the base of the leaves. And that is it, you're done. Because your red tillandsia is so shinny I would suggest that you use the soaking method for that plant to make sure that the plant has enough time to absorb water.

I've had tillandsias for over 10 years. They have bloomed and pupped for me. They're all very healthy, so I must know at least some of what I'm doing. I'm always open for suggestions though.

Anyway good luck and happy tillandsia growing!

Larry

Oh, and don't use warm water to mist or soak your tillandsia. I did that once to a clump of tillandsia and it killed the whole clump by the next day. I always use water of around room temperature to water my tillandsia.

Also where did you buy them and who was the seller?

Larry

That's really cute! And makes my point. One doesn't need to plant these in any medium for them to thrive.

Larry