Neoregelia
Tropical plant of the pineapple family from Brazil with serrated leaves oblong-shaped rosette. The inner leaves are getting a intense color during the flowering and kept for months. The outside is green, Glossy,with patches or strips, while those of red hearts and rarely purple or yellow. The funnel of rosette out small flowers. Like all bromeliads so the neoregkelia booming once each funnel. It is highly decorative on a specific trunk epiphytes. Wants a place very bright, but not directly in the sun. For young plants indicated the greenhouse, older thrive indoors. Wants heat, winter 18 theC. However, cool maintained more. Fill the rosette with warm water and soft fruitntiste that the soil ball is uniformly wet. Each 2 weeks change the water in the rosette and pour some fertilizer. The need humidity in the summer is also increased. Propagated by suckers who pulled roots and seeds with, which show plants with green foliage.
Species and varieties
Neoregelia carolinae with red leaves of the heart. The diversity ‘Tricolor‘ has leaves with cream stripes
Neoregelia concentric with FEllaiko heart purple, other speckled.
