Indoor plants not only decorate the interior of a house or apartment, but also purify and refresh the air. Fans of flowering greens will be interested to learn about different types of plants from the Bromeliad family.
Family Bromeliad
Plants from the Bromeliad family came from the tropics, and several species were found in the American subtropics and one in West Africa.
Bromeliads are epiphytes, that is, they grow on trees, stones or other plants and receive water and nutrients from air and rainwater. Unlike most plants, they do not receive the necessary substances from the root system. Their roots are just a way of joining growing support.
Bromeliad
Almost all representatives of the Bromeliad family are characterized by the presence of a short stem and long ossiform leaves that attach to each other and form a funnel. The structure of the leaves is simple: in some representatives of the species they are wide and dense, in others they are thin with a loose structure. Depending on the species, the inflorescence can be capitate, racemose or paniculate.
Types and features of indoor plants from the Bromeliad family
There are about 3,000 different species of these flowers, among them: cryptanthus, guzmania, vriesia, indoor pineapple, echmea, neoregelia, bilbergia, acantostachis, neoregelia, nidularium and many others.
Note! Hearing the name of bromeliad de Zapata and wanting to buy this flower you need to know that it does not exist, this is an April Fool’s joke.
How to care for these plants at home
Almost all bromeliads are adapted to a warm, humid, shady climate. Their original habitat is humid and they grow under the shade of trees or attach to them.
Important! Bromeliads cannot tolerate large amounts of direct sunlight.
Temperature, humidity, light
The optimum temperature for bromeliads is considered to be in the range of 15-26 ºС, but they can survive in very hot climates.
Bromeliad indoor plants require 60% air humidity. This level is difficult to maintain, especially in winter, when the house is heated.
Ways to humidify the air:
- put a humidifier near the plant;
- put a tray with moisture, for example, put pebbles, decorative elements in a deep large bowl and pour water;
- move several plants closer to bromeliad; due to the transpiration process, humidity next to it will increase;
- regularly spray a flower from a bottle with an aerosol tube.
Shine
Not all varieties of bromeliads prefer bright indirect light, some are better to grow in a constant shadow. In winter, they need to be rearranged on the window of the south side.
Optimum primer for the bromeliads
For these representatives of the fauna, loose soil is suitable, which mainly consists of horse peat with the addition of leafy soil and sand. The soil for the Bromelievs is diluted with bark, coal, coniferous land, chopped sphagnum.
Tillandsia - a plant without roots
Tillandsia air or atmospheric is an exotic plant of the bromeliad family. The most popular member of the genus, requiring difficult care.
Tillandsia
The main way to get moisture from tillandsia without roots is through leaves that need to be sprayed regularly. To grow this flower, it is necessary to provide a cozy atmosphere with diffused lighting (about 14-15 hours a day), without drafts, with clean fresh air. The optimum temperature for this representative of the Bromelievs is 20-25 ºС.
How to transplant
Tillandsia rootless requires a transplant only once after its purchase in the store. When a plant fades, it dies, so it does not need a change of soil.
Variety of species
There are about 500 species of this representative, among which: Tillandsia albida, purple, broadleaf, moss-like, large, two-flowered, Butts and others.
Pineapple as an indoor potted plant
Homemade pineapple will surprise not only guests at home, but will also delight the owner’s eye all year round. Indoor pineapple is a decorative flower.
Pineapple Home Plantation
Pineapple room care
You can grow pineapple at home in a pot, if all conditions are created for him, and caring for it does not require much effort. This plant does not need pruning, only replanting in spring and summer. To plant a pineapple, you need to cut the outlet, which is washed in a solution of manganese potassium. Next, you need to sprinkle the slice with ash and let dry. Then the outlet is transplanted into a pot (0.4-0.6 l), where a drainage layer and a loose earthen mixture of leaf humus, turf land, sand and peat are poured (ratio 1: 2: 1: 1).
A description of how to grow pineapples at home is presented below.
Temperature, humidity and light
Indoor pineapple is a thermophilic plant, a unique instance of the floristic kingdom. In summer, it grows well at 25-28 ° C, and in winter 22-24 ° C.
Pineapple does not require a high level of humidity, it feels great in a dry climate. Requires regular spraying with water at room temperature.
Important! This representative of the Bromeliad is photophilous, but does not need to be exposed to direct sunlight.
Watering mode
Pineapple should be sprayed regularly, and also watered with settled water at room temperature every day.
Important! In winter, the flower should dry, it does not need to be sprayed and watered a lot.
Soil and fertilizers
The soil for the plant should consist of expanded clay, charcoal, broken brick and soil.
Mullein infusion (within 4-5 days) can be added to the mixture during the period of active growth of the plant.
Note! Do not add alkaline fertilizers and wood ash.
Guzmania (gusmania): description of the plant and flower
What is guzmania? Guzmania is a perennial plant of the Bromeliad family. It is very simple to grow gusman bromeliads, and their bracts will decorate the house all year round.
Guzmania
Botanical description of popular species of guzmania
There are over 120 different plants of gusmania that are native to South America. For example: guzmania blood red, mosaic, Donnella-Smith, Tempo, etc.
Care Features
Guzmania bromeliad plant requires a well-lit room, so you should place it on the windowsills of the east or west windows.
Important! Do not allow direct sunlight.
The air temperature is appropriate from 25 ºС in the summer and 18 ºС in the winter.
You need to water the plant with settled warm water at the outlet every day in the summer and twice a week in the winter.
When the flowers of guzmania die off, the peduncle and dried leaves are cut off.
Note! The plant does not need to be fed.
Cryptanthus: home care
Cryptanthus is a plant of the Bromeliad family that does not have a stem, but only long leaves collected in a rosette. Hence the name "earthen star".
Cryptanthus
This flower requires an air temperature of 22-24 ºС in the summer and 18-20 ºС in the winter.
Growing cryptanthus is impossible in dry air, so it needs to be well moistened. It is better to put a humidifier near.
Bilbergia drooping
The drooping bilbergia is a grassy perennial epiphyte, the leaves of which are similar to cereals.
Bilbergia drooping
Houseplant care bilbergia
This plant of the Bromeliad family is unpretentious and does not require complex care.
The air temperature for the growth of bilbergia is needed at least 12 ºС.
This plant does not require bright lighting, and lives well in poor light.
Humidity should be maintained by spraying the leaves.
Watering mode
Bilbergia requires frequent watering in the warm season (to prevent moisture stagnation). The topsoil should be dried at 2 cm, then water the plant again. In winter, the irrigation regimen occurs once a week.
Soil and fertilizers
Bilbegia is not picky about the soil, so you can choose any water and breathable loose soil mixture.
Feeding takes place 2 times a month. Fertilizers are used for the bromeliads.
Important! You can not add fertilizer with a high nitrogen content.
Ehmeya flower: home care
The plant should stand in a brightly lit place, for example, on the south window.
In summer, a temperature of 22-26 ºС is required, and in winter - 15-18 ºС.
Humidity should be maintained above average.
A flower requires bright diffused light.
Ehmeya
Watering mode
In the warm period, it requires abundant watering immediately after drying of the top soil layer. Pour water into the funnel from the foliage. In winter, watering is reduced to 1 time in 2 weeks.
The composition of the soil for the flower should include sand, foliage and peat.
Fertilize the plant is a solution of mineral solution for the bromeliads.
Vriesia Astrid: plant description and care features
Vriesia has an unusual structure - it consists of a rosette of leaves in the shape of a crown. Plant height from 40 to 80 cm. Vriesia produces bright peduncles similar to feathers. At home, she is not picky.
Vriesia Astrid
The air temperature should range from 24 ° C to 28 ° C in the summer and should not be lower than 18-20 ° C in the winter.
Humidity is required high (from 70%). The flower needs regular spraying.
Water the plant after drying the top layer of soil 2-3 cm with warm water. In the spring-autumn period, watering is carried out 2 times a month.
Fertilize the soil with a special solution for the Bromeliad.
Brilliant or Vriesia Splendans
A variety of the Bromeliad family that is best suited for growing at home. On the leaves, the flower has yellow horizontal inserts and small scales to absorb moisture. It blooms in February and June.
Vriesia Splendans loves heat (25-28 ° C), so the pot should be warmed up in the winter.
Note! Lighting is very intense, watering plentiful in summer and moderate in winter.
Neoregelia: home care
Neoregelia - a low plant of the Bromeliad family, which has a massive root without a stem, consists of several leaf rosettes. It grows to 20 cm. The leaves have a characteristic dark green color, and in winter they change it to red. A short but thick inflorescence grows in the center of the flower.
The natural habitat for neoreligia is swampy shady tropical forests and rocky mountain slopes.
Neoregelia
Types and varieties for growing at home
Among the varieties of neorelia, about 60 representatives are known. At home, species are grown such as Carolina, marble unorgelia, beautiful, gloomy, bubbly tiger, etc.
A flower needs bright, natural light. Avoid direct sunlight.
It is necessary to water neoregelia 2-3 times a week, in the winter - 2 times a month.
High humidity (not less than 60%) is required. Spray and wipe foliage regularly.
An acceptable temperature is in the range of 20-25 ° C in the summer and in winter at least 16 ° C.
The difficulty of planting representatives of the Bromeliad family depends on the species. Most varieties easily adapt to home conditions. When choosing a flower, one should take into account his preferences for temperature, moisture, lighting, frequency of watering, transplanting, fertilizing the soil, etc. In order for a plant to take root, it is necessary to satisfy all its whims, then it will delight the eye all year round.
