An "Air" Plant

My sister and I went shopping last weekend and stumbled upon an interesting find.  There is a new store in our mall called SHINE.  It's a mix of old or "vintage" things, along with some new or crafty type stuff.

One thing that caught our eye(s) was this interesting looking plant that was all over the store.  My sister picked one up to examine it and the lady said, "Oh, those are 'air' plants", which intrigued us even more.

It's this little ball of a thing

and you don't plant it!

You can just set it anywhere.  They had them all over the store--in bowls, on plates, in baskets, on the counter... everywhere!

We liked them so much, we both got one.

The instructions we got were to water them once a week.  You stick it under your faucet and let the water run on it.  Then you turn it over and sprinkle the water off.  Done.  It's the perfect plant for me! :)

It's slow growing, but will eventually get bigger.  Ours are only a couple of years old, but they had one in the store that was 13 years old and it was double the size of mine.  Also, it apparently blooms once a year.

I like how the ends get curly!

It's technical name (as told by the lady at the store) is xerographica... in case you wanted to try to find one. :)