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BROMELIAD GUIDES

tropical pink flowering bromeliad

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There are many character of bromeliad , give us a range of selection when considering which ace to impart to our houseplant assembling .

Rather than showcase all bromeliad varieties , we ’re go to spotlight a few common varieties that lend themselves particularly well to spring up indoors .

red flowering droophead tufted airplant growing in an indoor garden

We ’ve select varieties in receipt of the Royal Horticultural Society ’s Award of Garden Merit ( AGM ) as a manner to ensure their timbre and suitability to UK growing conditions .

Here ’s our list , but keep in mind it is far from thoroughgoing :

1) Aechmea‘Del Mar’

An evergreen , perennial bromeliad with pinkish - red stems that feature attractive flowers in blue , purple , green and white .

A truly exotic colour combination that ’s indisputable to draw the eye !

2)A.fasciata‘Primera’

Another evergreen plant perennial with a colorful floweret of spiky bloom in an attractive pinkish hue .

3)Guzmania‘Mirador’

The point of interest of this stunning cultivar is the spiky column of colour that grows up from the central placement of leaves .

4)G.lingulatavar.minor

This really is a noteworthy works , as you’re able to see in the ikon at the bottom of this division .

Where else can you find such a bluff , bright display of purple , orange and yellows ?

5)G.‘Theresa’

If you ’re looking for an entry - level bromeliad , this dwarf variety may be a good fit .

A fervent carmine core sit around in a spiky circle of green .

6)Neoregelia carolinae

This bromeliad has quite a different aesthetic : longsighted green blade - shaped leaves with white cores environ almost shape - color leaf .

7)Vriesea splendens

fleeceable leaves interlard with bands of grey - green grow to an telling length of up to 60 centimetre .

8)V.‘Astrid’

Bright red flowers with discriminating tips snap out from the green beneath , give this cultivar its well - make nickname : flaming sword .

9)Tillandsia cyanea ‘Anita’

This bromeliad , with its stunning pinkish peak , can be grow in a pot oras an air plant : very on - trend .

10)T. argentea

Here ’s another which can be grown well as an tune plant , this fourth dimension sporting silvern green spindles of leaves .

11)Billbergia×windii‘angel’s tears’

This hybrid cultivar has exotic pink blossom that droop from blue fleeceable foliage .

12)Cryptanthus bivittatus‘Pink Starlite’

This bromeliad is bloodless on the outside and green in the centre , with a captivating pinkish chromaticity instill .

There are slew of other types of bromeliad to expect at that have n’t receive the RHS AGM .

Check for variety in the menage mentioned above , as well as Dyckia and Hechtia varieties .

pink flowering bromeliad growing indoors with a skylight in the background

a del mar aechmea plant with blue and pink flowering stem

A. fasciata ‘Primera’ with outstretched pink petals

birds eye view of yellow Guzmania ‘Mirador’ bromeliad

orange, red and yellow flowering bromeliads growing outside next to each other in rows

Guzmania ‘Theresa’ plants growing together

Neoregelia carolinae bromeliad with cream and green leaves

Vriesea splendens with red upright flowering heads

V. ‘Astrid’ in a tropical garden

bromeliad with pink foliage, long thin leaves and a purple flower growing outdoors in a container

tillsandia argentea growing from an old tree branch

hanging flower of Billbergia x Windii with very colourful blooms

Cryptanthus bivittatus ‘Pink Starlite’ with long thin leaves with brown and pink colouring growing in a pot outdoors