Paul Isley, co-founder of Rainforest Flora, holds up a popular variety of air plant. Katherine Garrova Baby tillandsias, or air plants as they're knows, can go on to live for decades.

Rainforest Flora in Torrance specializes in Tillandsia, plants that grow in the air without soil. ... There is no quick turn-around time when it comes to air plants.

Rainforest Flora’s claim to fame is its growth and distribution of Tillandsias, a category of bromeliad familiarly known as air plants due to their epiphytic or tree-dwelling habitat.

Dr. Mardy Darian, backyard rainforest creator : The forest – the higher it is, the more density the plant grows. It makes it an efficient air cleaner, the best in the world.

Dr. John Clark, a research botanist with Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, discovered four new species of airplants.They were found in the rainforest of South America. Follow FOX 13 on YouTube. The ...

Salt compounds released by fungi and plants in the Amazon rainforest have an important role in the formation of rain clouds, reports research published in the journal Science. Scientists in recent ...

Rainforest, Costa Rica. The rainforests of Central and South America are home to over 100,000 different species of plants, more than anywhere else on Earth. | Credit: BBC.

This means that plants and animals must adapt in order to survive in the rainforest. And throughout the eons, myriad plants and animals, including some features in this article, have done just that.