Seymore - I'm by no means an expert on airplants, but I'd say you're overwatering from what I've been told.

All the best, Nev.

I think Nev is right on over watering them, I have 2 that I've had for about 4 years and only water them every other week, and lightly mist them 2 or 3 times a week, the seem happy and have bloomed for me.

Bear

Oh. Every *other* week? I have three, a Tilli xerographica (thanks, Google), a T. ionantha, and a third Tilli I don't know what it is. I dunk the larger xerographica in a bucket of water every weekish, occasionally with dilute fert. in it, for about an hour and the little ones with it, and recently I've started experimenting with dunking the littles twice a week; they always seem so brittle, and the tips of the leaves are brown.

Everything's in an office under lights, and xerographica is starting to *grow*. Having seen pix of it, I'm starting to get nervous; do I have Clifford the Big Red Dog here?

Oh, and don't laugh, but I've actually murdered a T. neglecta. Oh, the irony, it burns...

Hi all,
well I am a xerographia nut and I did not know this as a warning to you all spray once month with soapy water diluted of course and don't hang it in sun afterward...why? If one gets a mealy bug etc... it can be transferred to all your air plants/ tillandsia plants I am elderly excuse my hand typing my finger are a bit bad. I thought if you treat one it will be OK but the air wind just us walking by can blow the deceases over to the next air plant just a friendly warning I have lost so many of these till I found this out by a good friend who writes books on theses things now. just a little joke i am the one giving him the secrets i have gone through all these years and killing them :-)
bye all