Product Description:
The flaming sword bromeliad is a flowering plant which belongs to the vriesea genus and bromeliaceae family. This species has a rosette of leaves and a cup or vase in the center which has to be filled with water regularly. Its maximum growth size quite manageable height 2ft . Caring for these is not difficulty, just different from other plants because they only require the center vase to be watered and not the soil. In fact, in their natural habitat they do not need soil and will grow on trees.
Light:
Bright light without direct sunlight is preferable.
Water:
The vase needs to be kept topped up with water which should be emptied and replaced every two – three weeks The soil is best watered when it becomes slightly dry at the top, and avoid over-watering.
Soil:
A peat based potting mix is fine as long as it drains well.
Fertilizer:
Feeding with a liquid diluted fertilizer from May – September is ideal, once every 4 weeks.
Temperature:
To bring them in to flower you may need to keep the temperature up to around 75°f / 24°c and then average room temperatures above 65°f / 18.3°c at any other time.
Humidity:
Normal humidity indoors should be fine, and misting of the plant leaves will help too.
Potting and Repotting:
These should not need re-potting if they have matured. Smaller urn plants may need a slightly bigger container to give the roots more room for growth.
Propagation:
These are easily propagated after the offsets have grown over 5 inches tall, and a few months old. They need to be separated from the container they have been growing inside with roots attached and then placed into a suitable sized container with a moist soil mix.