Plant Care
Tillandsias are low maintenance but not no-maintenance plants. Follow the care notes sent with your order and also available on this website and you shouldn’t have any difficulty getting your plants to thrive. If you have any concerns please contact us and we will do our best to assist.
Tillandsias are ideally suited to being used in creative ways in your home. They do require light and air circulation but can tolerate lower levels for a month or two. An ideal way to use airplants is to rotate the locations you display them every couple of months
Tillandsias only use their roots to anchor themselves, not for absorption and so they can be mounted in a variety of ways. Use waterproof glue or coated wire to attach your plant to a pebble, rock or piece of wood and let your imagination run wild.
You can order online using the online shop. If you prefer you can email ruth@rareandair.co.za for a price list and order by email. Payment by EFT or credit/debit card via our payment partner Yoco.
One of the many benefits of air plants is their portability. We ship throughout South Africa and delivery takes 2-3 days. The plants would survive for much longer than this packed carefully. Our shipping rate is R115 for standard sized pacels anywhere in South Africa.
Shipping with The Courier Guy is to your door. From 1 September this will increase to R115
Plants are dispatched Monday and Tuesday and delivery takes 1-3 days to most areas.
When orders include heavier potted plants such as hoyas, bat flowers etc then shipping wll increase to R130 + depending on weight.
Postnet deliveries are to your closest Postnet store, which we will confirm with you before dispatch. Postnet parcels only dispatched on Mondays, proof of payment must be received by Saturday at 5pm. Delivery is 2-4 days to most areas,some areas may take longer. Parcels over 5kg will incur additional charges.
We are following protocols to keep us and our customers safe to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
We are a small family business and so have limited contact with anyone outside the immediate household. We are screening for any Covid-19 symptoms.
We wear cloth masks and practise hand hygiene during packing of plants and clean work areas regularly.
We suggest that customers disinfect parcels before handling them and wash your hands immediately after receiving and opening your parcel.
Please don’t use sanitiser on your plants though! The plants are all grown outside and are handled minimally. You may wish to spray them with water and leave them untouched for a few days to lessen any potential risk.
If you so wish on delivery you are welcome to request that the driver places the delivery & waybill at your door and steps back 2 metres allowing you to sign the waybill in full with your own pen and take your delivery inside and close the door with the signed waybill outside which the driver will retrieve.
Our delivery options are as follows:
Postnet counter to counter up to 5kg R99
The Courier Guy door to door up to 2kg R115
Larger potted plants with The Courier Guy R130-150.
Plants only dispatched on MOndays and Tuesdays to avoid them being in transit over weekends.
Festive Cut off dates for delivery before 25 December:
Last dispatch dates for large plants is Tuesday 15 December.
Order deadline for smaller parcels (under 2kg weight or volume) is midnight Saturday 19 December to be dispatched on Monday 21 December.
Our delivery partners are ultimately responsible for delivery, we do not add insurance onto the parcel cost, you are free to request this if required.
One of the many benefits of air plants is their portability. We ship throughout South Africa and delivery takes 2-3 days, often 1-2. The plants would survive for much longer than this packed carefully. Our shipping rate is R90 anywhere in South Africa.
