Air plants display well with other plants, rocks, or open terrariums. Here's what you need to know about caring for them.

Tillandsia do flower but only once in their life. Flowers can be quite beautiful and sometimes fragrant. After flowering they slowly die and start growing pups, baby plants, from their base.

Air plants bloom only once, their small pink, coral, purple or white flowers signaling their impending death. But no worries: The flowers will give way to offshoots, or “pups,” that can be ...

Air plants bloom only once, their small pink, coral, purple or white flowers signaling their impending death. But no worries: The flowers will give way to offshoots, or “pups,” that can be ...

Instead of growing in soil, they cling to trees, rocks and even buildings. And they do it without parasitizing or harming their hosts.

The giant manta ray (Mobula birostris), for instance, doesn’t start reproducing until it’s around 8-10 years old, and then gives birth to a single pup once every three to four years.

Life cycle Air plants bloom only once, their small pink, coral, purple or white flowers signaling their impending death. But no worries: The flowers will give way to offshoots, or “pups,” that can be ...