Bromeliad 'Guzmania' 6"
These beautiful plants get long lasting, once in a lifetime flowers in various shades of red.
Light: Bromeliads need bright light to grow well and produce flowres.
Water: Water bromeliads well and allow the soil to dry before watering again. Many bromeliads hold water in a leaf cup called a "tank." The tank should be kept filled with water at all times. Be careful when you fill the tank not to let the water soak the soil. Bromeliads are prone to root rots if the soil is kept wet.
Fertilizer: Use at half strenght or less; mist the leaves in summer with very diluted liquid fertilizer.
Temperature: Bromeliads need warm temperatures to survive and grow well. Temperatures should at be at least 15-24°C.
Tips: You can force bromeliads to flower by placing the plant inside a clear, airtight plastic bag with a ripe apple for 2-3 days. Depending on the type of plant you have, flowering will begin in 6-14 weeks. After flowering, the parent plant dies. Offshoot, or "pups," provide for the steady renewal of the plant.