Dischidia Parasitica All Time Flowering Air Plant

🌿 Dischidia parasitica – The Epiphytic Beauty of the Tropics

Dischidia parasitica is a trailing epiphytic plant from Southeast Asia, known for its thick, succulent-like leaves, unique growth habit, and ability to cling to tree bark or mountings. Despite its name, it’s not a true parasite—it lives symbiotically on trees, much like orchids or hoyas.

🪴 Plant Highlights:

• 🌱 Growth Habit: Trailing or climbing; ideal for hanging baskets or mounted displays

• 🍃 Leaves: Small, round to oval, succulent-like leaves, usually green but can have a silvery sheen

• 🌸 Flowers: Tiny, pale pink , usually in clusters along the vine

• 🌿 Type: Epiphyte (grows on surfaces like tree trunks or mounts, not in soil)

🌿 Care Guide:

• ☀️ Light: Bright, indirect light is ideal; avoid direct sun which can scorch the leaves

• 💧 Watering: Moderate; let medium dry between waterings. Likes humidity

• 🌡️ Temperature: Warm temperatures (18–30°C); sensitive to cold and frost

• 💨 Humidity: Prefers higher humidity (60–80%)

• 🌱 Potting: Grows well on bark mounts or in well-drained mixes (orchid bark + coco chips + perlite)

• 🌿 Fertilizer: Use diluted orchid or epiphyte fertilizer once a month during active growth

🧬 Interesting Facts:

• 🔍 Not Parasitic: Despite the name, it does not harm host trees; it only uses them for support

• 🌱 Closely Related to Hoyas: Shares the same family (Apocynaceae)

• 🧺 Decorative Use: Great for terrariums, kokedama, mounted displays, or tropical-themed hanging planters

✅ Why Grow Dischidia parasitica?

• ✅ Unique, low-maintenance epiphyte

• ✅ Great for indoor jungles and balcony gardens

• ✅ Rare and collector-friendly tropical plant

• ✅ Can thrive in small spaces and vertical displays

Note: There are quite a few processes and steps to be done by us to make sure the plants are shipped very safely. Hence please allow us 5-7 business days for processing and shipping your orders. Orders are usually shipped on Mondays and Tuesdays to ensure that the shipments are not held up during weekends.

Plants if damaged while transit will be replaced free of cost. We will need uncut unboxing video for processing the replacement