Air Plant flying off

It is a stupid mistake but I have been doing it for the past one month without any incident....

I started my daily routine of watering my air plants and put them on the window sill to dry out by the normal air draft outside the house. The weather changed suddenly and very fast. A strong gust of wind had blown my air plants out of the containers and one of them dropped 11 storeys to the ground floor. I was shocked! Oh no...

I quickly changed my clothes and rushed down to the void deck (ground floor). I searched and searched... the wind was still very strong and I wonder where the air plant could be....

Just as I was going to give up, I saw it. It was lying on the concrete floor... Oh no.... it might have suffered internal injuries. I gently picked up the air plant and inspected it. At least 8 leaves had loosened and fell off when I gently pulled them. What have I done!

I'm going to nurture it back to health again. This is my favourite air plant. Now it has become smaller and weaker... It's a stupid mistake that I'm not going to make...

DIY Air Plant Terrarium Container

The glass terrarium containers that shaped liked an apple, are quite expensive and they can break when drop or knock. I think it is not safe unless they are placed or hanged at area not accessible by people. But then it will defeat the purpose of the transparent glass materials that people want to enjoy.

I have thought of an idea! I will use plastic bottles and cut them into halves. The top half I would make a couple of holes to use as hanging points. I make sure that I use clear, transparent plastic bottles instead of colored opaque types. This will be used for plants and we need unfiltered lights to pass through for the plants that will be in the containers. I put some pebbles for decoration. You can use some icons or small branches as decors.

This is one of the DIY terrarium that I have made. Feel free to comment or email me for details.

DIY terrarium container