Tillandsia
 Tillandsia is a genus of around 540 species of evergreen perennial flowering plants in the family Bromeliaceae native to the forests mountains and deserts of Central and South America the southern United States and the West Indies. Common names for Tillandsia include air plant Ball moss (T. recurvata) and Spanish moss the latter referring to T. usneoides in particular.The thinner-leafed varieties grow in rainy areas and the thick-leafed varieties in areas more subject to drought.