Airplants in flower — hot pink bracts with violet blooms above grassy green rosettes

Specialty Tropical Grower • Mulino, Oregon

Rare Tropicals.
Grown With Passion.

Discover specialty airplants, orchids, bromeliads, terrarium plants and tropical varieties grown for collectors, plant lovers and living ecosystems.

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A walk past the orchids as they come into bloom.

Photographs only tell you so much about a plant in flower. This is the greenhouse as it actually looks when the orchids are going — sprays of small white blooms, foliage layered on foliage, and Tillandsias hanging above the bench. Everything on this site was grown here.

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Close-up of tropical foliage in the Airplant Man Tropicals greenhouse

Welcome

Welcome to Airplant Man Tropicals

Airplant Man Tropicals specializes in unique tropical plants for collectors, homes, terrariums and vivariums. From colorful bromeliads and striking orchids to Tillandsias and miniature tropical plants, each collection celebrates the incredible diversity of the plant world.

Whether you're building a living terrarium, adding something unusual to your plant collection, or discovering tropical plants for the first time, Airplant Man Tropicals can help you find something special.

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Five ways to start a collection

Every group grows a little differently. Pick the one that matches the space you're planting.

Fine, curling airplants growing from a ceramic wall face planter

Tillandsias & Airplants

Unique, soil-free plants available in an incredible variety of shapes, textures and colors.

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Orchid with ruffled purple petals patterned in darker spots

Orchids

Distinctive tropical orchids featuring remarkable blooms and collector-worthy varieties.

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Bromeliad in bloom with a scarlet bract around a yellow flower spike

Bromeliads

Bold tropical plants known for colorful foliage, unusual forms and spectacular blooms.

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Planted terrarium with a stone path, mossy beds and layered ferns

Terrarium Plants

Miniature tropical plants selected for enclosed and high-humidity environments.

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Wide planted enclosure with a mossy mound, driftwood branch and pebble borders

Vivarium Plants

Plants suitable for creating lush, naturalistic planted habitats.

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Young bromeliad offsets, blushed pink and green, ready to grow on

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Availability changes with the season. Ask Greg what's ready right now.

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What's growing

What's Growing

Explore some of the tropical plants currently growing at Airplant Man Tropicals.

Planted terrarium with a winding stone path, mossy beds, ferns and a hollow stump feature

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Planted Terrariums

Landscaped Terrarium with Stone Path

One-off planted build

A stone path winding between mossy planting beds, layered ferns and a hollow stump feature.

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Lady slipper orchid with a deep red and white bloom and yellow-edged pouch

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Orchids

Lady Slipper Orchid — Deep Red Bloom

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Deep red petals marked over white, with a glossy pouch edged in yellow.

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Bromeliad in bloom with a scarlet bract opening around a yellow flower spike

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Bromeliads

Aechmea Bromeliad in Bloom

Aechmea — species to be confirmed

A scarlet bract opening around a yellow spike, set in a rosette of banded leaves.

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A ceramic face wall planter with fine, curling airplants growing from the top

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Tillandsias & Airplants

Airplants in a Wall Face Planter

Tillandsia — varieties to be confirmed

Fine, curling Tillandsias planted into a ceramic wall face so they trail like hair.

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A planted vivarium under glass — mossy hardscape, driftwood, ferns and a red-centered bromeliad

Terrariums & vivariums

Build a World in Miniature

Transform glass into a living landscape.

Airplant Man Tropicals grows tropical plants ideal for terrariums, vivariums and miniature planted ecosystems. Discover mosses, compact tropicals, colorful foliage plants and other varieties that can help bring a miniature environment to life.

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Why Airplant Man Tropicals

Plants from a grower, not a warehouse

Grown With Experience

Plants selected and grown by an experienced specialty tropical grower.

Unique Varieties

Discover plants beyond what you'll typically find at big-box garden centers.

Collector Friendly

Interesting varieties for experienced collectors and curious beginners alike.

Personal Knowledge

Have a question? Get guidance directly from someone who actually grows the plants.

Meet the grower

Meet Greg Nielsen

The grower behind Airplant Man Tropicals.

Greg Nielsen is the grower behind Airplant Man Tropicals, specializing in tropical vivarium and terrarium plants along with Tillandsias, orchids and bromeliads.

His passion for unusual tropical plants and miniature ecosystems is reflected in the diversity of plants he grows and shares with other plant enthusiasts.

Whether you're an experienced collector or purchasing your first tropical plant, Greg believes part of the enjoyment is understanding what makes each plant unique and learning how to help it thrive.

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