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Growing Bromeliads Indoors Overview

Growing Bromeliad Plants Indoors Overview by Bromeliads.info

Bromeliads are excellent indoor plants. They have colorful, long-lasting inflorescence and some have brilliantly colored foliage as well. Bromeliads also readily adapt to the unfavorable growing conditions that exist in most homes.

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Permanently Planting Bromeliads

An excellent way to grow bromeliads in the greenhouse or conservatory is in a permanent bed specially designed for them.

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Making A Bromeliad Tree - Part Three

Once it is assembled and planted, water the whole tree thoroughly, using a can fitted with a fine rose, and allow it to drain. If intended for the home, the tree is best stood in a saucer or dish to avoid marking the shelf or table underneath it.

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Making A Bromeliad Tree - Part Two

Provision should be made for medium-sized bromeliads by nailing some curved pieces of bark to form pockets, which will contain the roots.

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Making A Bromeliad Tree - Part One

As suggested in my Permanently Planting Bromeliads post, a small “tree” is very good for displaying bromeliads in the greenhouse or conservatory or even in the home. It can be simply made with cork bark, which is available from florists and garden centers.

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Pitcairnia Bromeliad Plant Species

Pitcairnia (pit-cair’nea) - Belonging to the Pitcairnioideae subfamily; this genus has approximately 260 species and is one of the most striking plants, when in flower, in the Pitcairnioideae subfamily.

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Pepinia Bromeliad Plant Species

Pepinia (pep-in’ee-a) - Belonging to the Pitcairnioideae subfamily; consisting of 60 species, this is a seggregate of Pitcairnia; habitat Guayana Highlands to Western Amazonia.

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Navia Bromeliad Plants

Navia (nay’vea) - Belonging to the Pitcairnioideae subfamily; again a bromeliad from the ‘lost world’. About 104 species make up the genus and these are mainly xerophytic.

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Lindmania Bromeliad Plant

Lindmania (lind-may’nya) - Belonging to the Pitcairnioideae subfamily; there are 36 species; previously submerged in Cottendorfia.

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Hechtia Bromeliad Plant

Hechtia (heck’tya) - Belonging to the Pitcairnioideae subfamily; this group consists of 48 species and ranges in size from several centimeters to about one meter across!

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