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clintbrown said:There used to be these preserved plants people called air plants. They looked like ferns. I remember they didn't require soil or water. I told my mom they were just dead plants dyed green back then. We're talking over 20 years ago. Does anyone remember these and know what they are. I talked to a lady yesterday who was looking for them, and I told her I hadn't seen them in years. It's not the plant that is sold as air plant now. Those look like succulents almost. This looked soft and like a fern.

Yes, I remember these…I think they were called Resurrection fern. I believe the last time I saw them was in a 'Carol Wright' ? catalog, and also a 'Publishers Clearing House' sweeps flier.
And as I'm thinking about these…I also remember a very furry kind of 'air fern' that my late mother had that was a horrible 'dust catcher'.