Tillandsia usneoides “Pele’s Hair” “Spanish Moss”

Tillandsia usneoides is an epiphytic flowering plant that often grows upon large trees in tropical and subtropical climates.  It consists of one or more slender stems, bearing alternate thin, curved or curly, and heavily scaled leaves 0.8–2.4 inches long and 0.04 inches broad, that grow vegetatively in a chain-like fashion (pendant), forming hanging structures of up to 20 feet.  The plant has no roots.  Its flowers are yellow-green and small, with spreading petals.