I got this little buddy about a month ago. It's my first air plant. I live in South Florida where it's pretty warm and humid all the time, but the plant lives indoors at my office. I spritz the moss about twice a week (I take the plant out until the moss dries), and I soak the plant weekly. The leaves are all kind of a rust color, and I don't know if that's normal or not. There's also some black near the root that seems to be spreading up one leaf. Am I in trouble, and if so is this a management issue or did I just get a diseased plant (the leaves were that color when I got it)?
by Web_catcher
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I would not keep it in the glass container at all, there is not enough airflow around the base of the plant. I don’t know what kind of air plant that is, but I would think that the rust color is normal, and it is putting out healthy growth from the center. I can’t see the black spots very well on my phone.
That’s rot. Limited air flow and extended periods of damp have led to this, unfortunately.
Will it live? Id say not as it’s such a small plant.
All you can do is try to remove the affected areas and get it somewhere airy and light. Don’t water it until the blackness stops spreading.
Edit: do not keep airplants in moss.
They need air and the occasional bath. That’s it. No soil. No paper. I don’t even give my gravel. It hangs from a piece of rope from my window and it’s thriving.