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title: "My air plant is having a baby! This is a first for me, so any advice…"
description: "My air plant is having a baby! This is a first for me, so any advice on what to do next would be much appreciated!"
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community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "ST"
published: "2026-05-27T02:41:53.248991Z"
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# My air plant is having a baby! This is a first for me, so any advice…

_Posted by ST on 2026-05-27_

My air plant is having a baby! This is a first for me, so any advice on what to do next would be much appreciated!

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/XdC2VTpHFr1fP9heYc-b7JZsiEr2uyqPYpwonnzEnI4/0u3etGTdQZ2wmP2WEuxUxg.webp?size=large)

## 8 comments

### Christina commented on 2026-05-27

Omgoodness😍 never consider my airplants having babies- please let me be choosen next🤞🤞😁

#### ST replied on 2026-05-27

Hahaha this is the first air plant I’ve ever even kept alive, so you can imagine my surprise when I saw this!

#### Amy replied on 2026-06-08

Give it plenty of bright light and some fertilizer every now and then and it will produce a pup. I found out, after killing lots of them, that they really need bright indirect light.

### Richelle commented on 2026-05-27

So cute!! I’d leave it on until it’s a solid half the size of the parent plant and then, if you want to separate them, you can gently twist the base of the pup and make sure to let both callus before your next watering 😊

#### ST replied on 2026-05-27

Thank you!!

### Amy commented on 2026-06-07

I just leave the pups attached to the parent and then they turn into a bigger clump, but once the pup is at least half the parent’s size you could twist it off and then have two plants. 🙂

### Amy commented on 2026-06-07

This is one of my air plants that has a parent plant and the pup (one one right and slightly smaller). I left them attached

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/lWTjWGwwun1muSeAQxsoBCK67Od3_D1F554RFf3AQ7o/UUiPusVyTzmFJ6OpMBhlrQ.webp?size=large)

### Amy commented on 2026-06-07

This one has a small pup but it started to bloom this year.

![Attachment 1 of 1](https://images.getplanta.com/v1/resize/lWTjWGwwun1muSeAQxsoBCK67Od3_D1F554RFf3AQ7o/8Hv658HtSrW_q0Gw-LxHyA.webp?size=large)

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