Tillandsia usneoides - Spanish Moss - 1 metre
A metre of Spanish moss is a beautifully clear statement of intent. The jungle is taking over, and you've decided to help it.
Tillandsia usneoides falls in long, silvery strands that turn a high perch into a proper curtain of foliage. I love the way it changes a room vertically, drawing your eye down through the plants and making the whole display feel deeper and wilder. You can almost hear the rainforest soundtrack starting.
Its natural home is in the Americas, where it hangs from branches. It's an air plant in the bromeliad family, and those fine strands are covered in tiny moisture-absorbing scales. The tree is simply a place to hang out. The plant gets on with its own living.
Give this long selection the space to fall freely, with light and air reaching through it. A regular thorough wetting followed by a good dry-out keeps the relationship much happier than forgetting it's alive because it looks decorative.
You're adopting one hanging portion with serious canopy potential. Find it a high perch and enjoy your increasingly questionable claim that this is still a normal living room.
