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- Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh (Tháng 02/2022)
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Flaming Sword: Vriesea splendens
This bromeliad has a rosette of sword-shaped, smooth-edged, dark-green leaves with purple-black cross-banding. In late summer, it develops a sword-like head of bright red bracts and yellow flowers.
Height: 15–18in (38–45cm) |
Spread: 12–15in (30–38cm) |
Winter: 55–64°F (13–18°C). Indirect light |
Summer: 64–80°F (18–27°C). Indirect light or light shade |
Care: In winter, keep compost just moist and the urn filled with water; in summer, water more freely but ensure the compost is well drained, and regularly top up the water in the urn. Feed every 4–5 weeks with weak liquid fertilizer during summer. Repot in spring, usually every 3 years. |
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Propagation: In spring, remove offsets, transfer to individual pots, and place in 64–70°F (18–21°C). |
Other Tillandsias
- Tillandsia argentea: Narrow leaves smothered in silvery-gray scales; red or green bracts and bright red petals.
- Tillandsia caput-medusae: Bulbous base; narrow leaves clothed in white scales; flowers formed of red, pink, and green bracts, and violet petals.
- Tillandsia ionantha (Blushing Bride): Stemless rosettes formed of silvery-gray, scale-like leaves. In summer, just before violet-purple flowers with yellow stamens appear, the centers of the leafy rosettes become flushed red.
- Tillandsia usneoides (Spanish Moss, Old Man’s Beard, Gray Beard): Often forms pendulous clusters up to 3 ½ft (1m) long from telephone poles in its native southeastern states of the United States. Tangled, wiry stems with scaly, silvery-gray leaves; bright, yellow-green flowers in summer.
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