BROMELIADS

Flowering Period: Available year round at florists. Flowerhead arises from center of rosette leaves and can last for months. Several different varieties available. Some of the most popular being:

Aechmeas - they have a distinct center vase from which a large flowerhead emerges. Fusciata has silvery colored leaves with a large pink bloom. Fulgens has green leaves with bright redish orange berry like flower.

Guzmanias - slightly less stiff leaf than the Aechmeas:  the large flowerheads come in a very wide variety of colors.

Neoregelias - lower growing plants, often having colorful foliage that is often more showy than the blooms.

Light: Bright indirect light or a small amount of direct sun.

Water: When soil is very dry across the surface do not leave plants sitting in excess water nor repot into a large container.

Many people recommend keeping water in the central cup of the plant from where the flowers emerge but this water should be dumped and refreshed often.

Special Notes: After flowering the plant will gradually begin to die. It is replaced by offshoot plants around the base of the older plant.

 

 

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