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Friday, August 13, 2010

Ball Moss

tillandsia recurvata (ball moss)
I spotted a cluster of ball moss hanging over our campsite at Inks Lake last weekend.  Did you know that ball moss has shown significant anti-tumor and HIV/AIDS applications in vitro as well as in animal studies?  And it also has uses in the landscape.

Click here to set the record straight on this much-maligned but useful plant.


Ball moss soap anyone? hmmmmmm
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3 comments:

Debbie said...

My husband found a ball of this in our yard a few weeks ago, stuck it on a stick, and put it in a potted plant on the patio. I thought he had wound spanish moss into a ball--until I saw your picture. Our ball moss has "flowers" sticking out of it.

Unknown said...

Yes, they do flower, and that looks pretty cool too.

Meysha said...

unique ! i nvr see this kind of plant in my home town...

thx for the info
GBU