I was buying succulents online and saw they had air plants too. I got this Tillandsia tricolor var. melanocrater specifically because it was one of the few that didn’t say it was “enhanced” with color. This is definitely painted right?
by StrangeQuark1221
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This definitely looks painted – tricolor is a species that will naturally blush red when exposed to good light so you’ll get a much deeper natural red color as we get closer to summer. That little amount of paint won’t hurt it a bit either. Still a bit dishonest to not mention it in the listing though.
Yeah, unfortunately. I have a brachy that had painted tips like that. I was able to remove most of it, but only to discover that the tips were completely brown under the paint. It’s still recovering, poor guy. I hate when they do that!
Agreeing with everyone, it’s painted.
It might peel off after a water soak, but it might not. I’m not sure what paint they used
Enhanced means colored but it isn’t necessarily bad for it. Quality greenhouses will use a dye that isn’t harmful to the plant. I have a couple that are about 5 years old and are fine. They’ve flowered and have started turning into clumps, so the old dyed leaves are starting to die back