Your plant looks fine. Most tillandsia will have some sort of color changed for the base leaves at some stage. Some remain green, some brown out, some do a weird mix of partial colors…
You have the core (the fresh, new leaves in the center) giving off good, healthy, new growth. This core isn’t influenced by a couple of dead leaves of the oldest ones still there. (The thinner, longer ones aren’t invited to this party)
Keep doing what you’ve been. If the couple of bottom leaves being yellow or gray (and dead) bother you, see if they will pull off without effort. If they do, that unsightly leaf is gone! But don’t prune too much. Most leaves last a long time and that’s also how they get their nutrition.
creolegirl71
It doesn’t seem so pluck the loose leaves from around bottom, does plant still have some weight? Also try lightly pulling at one of the centers leaves if it cones out it’s dead and reverse if it doesn’t it’s still thriving
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T. ionantha is a hard one to kill without effort.
Your plant looks fine. Most tillandsia will have some sort of color changed for the base leaves at some stage. Some remain green, some brown out, some do a weird mix of partial colors…
You have the core (the fresh, new leaves in the center) giving off good, healthy, new growth. This core isn’t influenced by a couple of dead leaves of the oldest ones still there. (The thinner, longer ones aren’t invited to this party)
Keep doing what you’ve been. If the couple of bottom leaves being yellow or gray (and dead) bother you, see if they will pull off without effort. If they do, that unsightly leaf is gone! But don’t prune too much. Most leaves last a long time and that’s also how they get their nutrition.
It doesn’t seem so pluck the loose leaves from around bottom, does plant still have some weight? Also try lightly pulling at one of the centers leaves if it cones out it’s dead and reverse if it doesn’t it’s still thriving