I hope it something treatable but it sounds like it may be rotting. I'd separate it from any other plants as a precaution.
Here is a link that has some pretty helpful information. They talk about rotting near the bottom.
http://www.plantsrescue.com/tillandsia-stricta/
That sounds fantastic! I picked up a rabbits foot today at home depot, went for grout... I'm hoping it does better than my last attempt. I've never seen a trailing words nest, I'd like to see that.
I've only tried the rabbits foot once and it was a disaster. I lost my birds nest in a hard freeze that snuck up on me two years ago. You should be able to get ahold of some pretty cool ferns easily in FL.
Here's a list of mammals in Guatemala, looks like quite a variety. I'm sure there are many active reptiles too. Yikes!
http://www.authenticmaya.com/mamiferos.htm
Any of you Texas honey heads want to weigh in on this? I'm a wanna bee keeper who has't taken the plunge yet, but I think this is a pretty cool concept.
Very similar, except that I have a near miraculous ability to kill Bird's Nest ferns but my Croc is doing fine. I had a Rabbit's Foot fern that lasted a summer before it died but the Kangaroo Paw fern is going crazy. The house we are about to move to has a variety of different air plants...
I love air plants, I have a few epiphytic ferns I baby a lot. My favorite are my stag horns and my crocodile fern.
I absolutely love crocodile ferns, the texture is amazing!
Well look at that, we're actually moving from Spring. Country Bakery is fantastic!
It's about halfway between Houston and San Antonio, near Weimer, Columbus, Flatonia.
Hello! Fellow photographer here working in a variety of formats.
Nikon D7000 (Digital) w/ variety of glass
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I process all of my B&W at home and have...
None of these are true ferns but are forms of asparagus, except potentially the lace fern. But I'm assuming the ASPCA is referring to something like Asparagus setaceus as opposed to Microlepia strigosa when they mention lace fern. I'll look around the ASPCA website sometime and see if maybe...