have you ever heard of an airplant?

I picked up this today when I was out... have you ever seen such a thing?!?!

**her name is Lola, you see if she has a name I will be much more interested in keeping her alive**

well i hadn't either. its called an airplant. it doesn't need any soil to grow, and it grows just in
air - hence the name

The more and more I learned about this $2.50 plant, the more I was intrigued

you only have to water it once every three days by dunking it in water, until it gets a to 2 or 3 years old, and then you can reduce it to once a week

they are nearly impossible to kill, which is ideal for me (well the lady at the store convinced jaci and i that it was next to impossible to kill, until jaci informed her that she had killed one a few years back)

the plant will take on the shape of whatever you put it in

i am excited to watch mine grow (which i am informed is a VERY slow process) to see what it will look like

I found these other images online of what a airplant can look like after a few years

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am i just living under a rock because i haven't seen these before, or am i onto a new trend??? have ya'll seen these in the past?